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Angelique Kerber #4 def. Venus Williams #8

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 2016*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Aces	2	3
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	71	64
First serve points won %	73	57
Second serve points won %	27	48
Break points saved %	40	55
Break points converted %	45	60
Service points won %	60	54
Return points won %	46	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Jun 17, 1980
Age	28	36
Height	173	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	8
Ranking points (entering)	5,330	3,116
Elo (entering)	1,945	1,894
Career W-L	461–270	768–288
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 2 – 2 Venus Williams

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2016	QF	Simona Halep	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2016	R16	Misaki Doi	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Carina Witthoeft	7-6(11) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Varvara Lepchenko	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Laura Robson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2016	F	Serena Williams	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2016	QF	Yaroslava Shvedova	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2016	R16	Carla Suárez Navarro	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Daria Kasatkina	7-5 4-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Maria Sakkari	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Donna Vekic	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data