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Serena Williams #110 def. Meghann Shaughnessy #77

6-7(4) 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2006*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-7(4) 6-1 6-4
Loser	Meghann Shaughnessy

Stat	Serena Williams	Meghann Shaughnessy
Aces	12	10
Double faults	1	10
First serve %	64	54
First serve points won %	77	66
Second serve points won %	55	40
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	69	54
Return points won %	46	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Meghann Shaughnessy
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 13, 1979
Age	24	27
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	110	77
Ranking points (entering)	256	334
Elo (entering)	2,020	1,708
Career W-L	825–170	233–233
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$3,975,223

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 1 Meghann Shaughnessy

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2006	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Ashley Harkleroad	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Maria Kirilenko	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	SF	Jelena Jankovic	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Meghann Shaughnessy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2006	R16	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Elena Vesnina	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Nathalie Dechy	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data