Serena Williams #4 def. Rita Grande #35

6-0 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Rita Grande 6-0 6-3 in the 2002 Italian Open round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 16, 2002*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2002
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R32

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Rita Grande
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Mar 23, 1975
Age	20	27
Height	175 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	35
Ranking points (entering)	3,609	906
Elo (entering)	2,244	1,644
Current career W-L	837–172	173–220
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$1,858,558

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #4 1 – 0 Rita Grande #35

Path

Serena Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Denisa Chladkova #105	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2002	R16

Rita Grande's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Klara Koukalova #124	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 2002	R64