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Samantha Stosur #5 def. Venus Williams #87

6-3 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 7, 2012*
Tournament	Charleston
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Samantha Stosur
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Samantha Stosur	Venus Williams
Aces	4	4
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	67	61
First serve points won %	61	61
Second serve points won %	49	42
Break points saved %	67	45
Break points converted %	55	33
Service points won %	57	53
Return points won %	47	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Samantha Stosur	Venus Williams
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1984	Jun 17, 1980
Age	28	31
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	87
Ranking points (entering)	5,825	750
Elo (entering)	1,918	2,026
Career W-L	451–335	768–288
Career earnings	$20,070,126	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Samantha Stosur 0 – 4 Venus Williams

Path

Samantha Stosur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Galina Voskoboeva	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Jamie Hampton	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Samantha Stosur's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	SF	Serena Williams	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Anastasia Rodionova	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Jelena Jankovic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 2012	R64	Iveta Benesova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data