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Martina Hingis #21 def. Venus Williams #12

0-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 20, 2006*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Hingis
Score	0-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Martina Hingis	Venus Williams
Aces	0	1
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	57	63
First serve points won %	70	62
Second serve points won %	41	60
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	57	61
Return points won %	39	43
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Venus Williams
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Jun 17, 1980
Age	25	25
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	12
Ranking points (entering)	860	1,293
Elo (entering)	2,069	2,072
Career W-L	515–126	768–288
Career earnings	$24,749,074	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis 10 – 9 Venus Williams

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	QF	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Francesca Schiavone	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Sara Errani	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Hingis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2006	F	Dinara Safina	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	QF	Jelena Jankovic	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Patty Schnyder	7-6(2) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Zuzana Ondraskova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data