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Serena Williams #1 def. Ana Ivanovic #13

6-1 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2014*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 3-6 6-1
Loser	Ana Ivanovic

Stat	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic
Aces	5	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	61	62
First serve points won %	77	54
Second serve points won %	54	43
Break points saved %	60	38
Break points converted %	62	40
Service points won %	68	50
Return points won %	50	32
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Nov 6, 1987
Age	32	26
Height	175	184
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	13
Ranking points (entering)	11,590	3,230
Elo (entering)	2,275	2,021
Career W-L	825–170	419–213
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$15,510,787

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 1 Ana Ivanovic

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2014	QF	Shuai Zhang	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2014	R16	Varvara Lepchenko	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2014	R32	Andrea Petkovic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2014	F	Sara Errani	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ana Ivanovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2014	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2014	R16	Maria Sharapova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2014	R32	Alizé Cornet	7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2014	R64	Karin Knapp	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data