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Justine Henin #4 def. Serena Williams #1

6-2 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Justine Henin
Score	6-2 4-6 7-5
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Justine Henin	Serena Williams
Aces	0	1
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	49	53
Second serve points won %	59	43
Break points saved %	25	58
Break points converted %	42	75
Service points won %	53	49
Return points won %	51	47
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Justine Henin	Serena Williams
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 1, 1982	Sep 26, 1981
Age	21	21
Height	167	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,618	6,552
Elo (entering)	2,162	2,364
Career W-L	442–102	825–170
Career earnings	$20,863,335	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Justine Henin 2 – 4 Serena Williams

Path

Justine Henin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2003	QF	Chanda Rubin	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2003	R16	Patty Schnyder	6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Dally Randriantefy	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2003	R64	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Patricia Wartusch	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Justine Henin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 2003	F	Kim Clijsters	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2003	QF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2003	R16	Ai Sugiyama	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Barbara Schett	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2003	R64	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Barbara Rittner	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data