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Angelique Kerber #8 def. Venus Williams #36

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2019*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	66	69
First serve points won %	65	64
Second serve points won %	68	38
Break points saved %	75	75
Break points converted %	25	25
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Jun 17, 1980
Age	31	38
Height	173	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	36
Ranking points (entering)	4,880	1,385
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,914
Career W-L	461–270	768–288
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 4 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2019	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2019	R32	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R64	Yulia Putintseva	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2019	SF	Belinda Bencic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2019	R16	Mona Barthel	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2019	R32	Christina Mchale	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2019	R64	Petra Kvitova	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2019	R128	Andrea Petkovic	6-4 0-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data