QF Wimbledon 2005

Venus Williams #16 def. Mary Pierce #14

6-0 7-6(10)

Venus Williams defeated Mary Pierce 6-0 7-6(10) in the 2005 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 30, 2005*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 2005
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce
Aces	3	1
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	84.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	79.0%	66.0%
Second serve points won %	40.0%	47.0%
Break points saved %	—	62.0%
Break points converted %	38.0%	—
Service points won %	73.0%	58.0%
Return points won %	42.0%	27.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jan 15, 1975
Age	25	30
Height	185 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,726	1,860
Elo (entering)	2,051	1,944
Current career W-L	782–299	465–218
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$9,793,119

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #16 6 – 3 Mary Pierce #14

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jill Craybas #85	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2005	R16
Daniela Hantuchova #28	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 2005	R32
Nicole Pratt #121	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2005	R64
Eva Birnerova #111	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 2005	R128

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Sharapova #2	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2005	SF

Mary Pierce's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Flavia Pennetta #34	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2005	R16
Ana Ivanovic #21	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 2005	R32
Julia Vakulenko #220	4-6 7-6(7) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2005	R64
Lucie Safarova #60	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 2005	R128