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Angelique Kerber #22 def. Venus Williams #5

5-7 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 2018*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	5-7 6-3 6-1
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Aces	0	5
Double faults	5	10
First serve %	66	59
First serve points won %	71	64
Second serve points won %	43	40
Break points saved %	57	65
Break points converted %	35	43
Service points won %	61	54
Return points won %	46	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Jun 17, 1980
Age	29	37
Height	173	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,022	5,567
Elo (entering)	1,784	1,935
Career W-L	461–270	768–288
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 3 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-7(3) 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	QF	Dominika Cibulkova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.