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Serena Williams #9 def. Vera Zvonareva #17

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 2008*
Tournament	Charleston
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Vera Zvonareva

Stat	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva
Aces	10	3
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	69	60
First serve points won %	79	68
Second serve points won %	48	48
Break points saved %	0	75
Break points converted %	25	100
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 7, 1984
Age	26	23
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,296	1,327
Elo (entering)	2,169	1,990
Career W-L	825–170	459–268
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$16,987,921

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 2 Vera Zvonareva

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	SF	Alizé Cornet	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Maria Sharapova	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Katarina Srebotnik	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Gisela Dulko	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vera Zvonareva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	SF	Elena Dementieva	6-3 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Jelena Jankovic	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Marion Bartoli	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2008	R64	Chia-Jung Chuang	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data