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Alicia Molik #12 def. Venus Williams #9

7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Alicia Molik
Score	7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Alicia Molik	Venus Williams
Aces	7	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	49	59
First serve points won %	80	72
Second serve points won %	51	40
Break points saved %	86	50
Break points converted %	50	14
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alicia Molik	Venus Williams
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1981	Jun 17, 1980
Age	23	24
Height	182	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	9
Ranking points (entering)	2,211	2,400
Elo (entering)	1,988	2,081
Career W-L	151–161	768–288
Career earnings	$3,185,805	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Alicia Molik 0 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Alicia Molik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Tatiana Panova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Aiko Nakamura	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alicia Molik's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Lindsay Davenport	4-6 6-4 7-9	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Anna Smashnova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Shuai Peng	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Eleni Daniilidou	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data