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Serena Williams #1 def. Venus Williams #6

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 28, 2009*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Serena Williams	Venus Williams
Aces	7	2
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	57	53
First serve points won %	67	70
Second serve points won %	48	44
Break points saved %	29	68
Break points converted %	32	71
Service points won %	59	57
Return points won %	43	41
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Venus Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 17, 1980
Age	27	28
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	9,432	6,842
Elo (entering)	2,154	2,169
Career W-L	825–170	768–288
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 9 – 10 Venus Williams

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2009	QF	Na Li	4-6 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2009	R16	Jie Zheng	7-5 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2009	R32	Shuai Peng	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2009	R64	Alexa Glatch	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2009	F	Victoria Azarenka	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2009	QF	Iveta Benesova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2009	R16	Agnieszka Radwanska	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2009	R32	Anna-Lena Groenefeld	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2009	R64	Shahar Peer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data