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Venus Williams #5 def. Flavia Pennetta #15

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2009*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Venus Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	5	1
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	90	62
Second serve points won %	44	26
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	72	47
Return points won %	53	28
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Feb 25, 1982
Age	28	27
Height	185	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	15
Ranking points (entering)	6,814	3,070
Elo (entering)	2,151	1,868
Career W-L	768–288	418–272
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 2 – 3 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	SF	Barbora Strycova	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Agnes Szavay	6-2 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Greta Arn	6-3 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Nuria Llagostera Vives	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	SF	Iveta Benesova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Petra Cetkovska	2-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Pauline Parmentier	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Mariya Koryttseva	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data