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Flavia Pennetta #30 def. Venus Williams #7

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Flavia Pennetta
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Flavia Pennetta	Venus Williams
Aces	2	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	54	66
First serve points won %	64	60
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	57	51
Return points won %	49	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Flavia Pennetta	Venus Williams
Country	ITA	USA
Birth date	Feb 25, 1982	Jun 17, 1980
Age	26	27
Height	172	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	7
Ranking points (entering)	999	2,606
Elo (entering)	1,795	2,000
Career W-L	418–272	768–288
Career earnings	$14,197,886	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Flavia Pennetta 1 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	3-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Tatiana Perebiynis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2008	R16	Carla Suárez Navarro	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Selima Sfar	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Tzipora Obziler	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data