Serena Williams #9 def. Vera Zvonareva #17

6-4 3-6 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2008 Charleston Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsVera Zvonareva
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
103
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
28
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
69.3%60.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
78.8%68.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
47.8%47.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%75.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
69.3%60.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
25.0%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
40.0%30.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.6%47.4%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+13.7+4.3
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-4.3-13.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsVera Zvonareva
Country USA RUS
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Sep 7, 1984
Age2623
Height175 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)917
Ranking points (entering)2,2961,327
Elo (entering)2,1832,004
Current career W-L837–172466–270
Current career earnings$94,948,662$16,995,231
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Alizé Cornet #407-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataApr 19, 2008SF
Maria Sharapova #47-5 4-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataApr 19, 2008QF
Katarina Srebotnik #314-6 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataApr 18, 2008R16
Gisela Dulko #486-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 17, 2008R32

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vera Zvonareva's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #86-3 6-7(2) 6-3WH2HMatch dataApr 19, 2008SF
Jelena Jankovic #56-2 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataApr 19, 2008QF
Marion Bartoli #116-4 4-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataApr 18, 2008R16
Virginia Ruano Pascual #786-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataApr 17, 2008R32
Chia-Jung Chuang #4096-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataApr 16, 2008R64