SF Cincinnati Open 2006

Vera Zvonareva #50 def. Serena Williams #139

6-2 6-3

Vera Zvonareva defeated Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 in the 2006 Cincinnati Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVera ZvonarevaSerena Williams
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
52
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
34
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
49.0%47.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
68.0%57.1%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
53.8%29.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
60.8%42.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
57.6%39.2%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
59.1%40.9%
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.
+4.8-13.6
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.
+13.5-4.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2006 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldVera ZvonarevaSerena Williams
Country RUS USA
Birth dateSep 7, 1984Sep 26, 1981
Age2124
Height172 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)50139
Ranking points (entering)434201
Elo (entering)1,8112,093
Current career W-L466–270837–172
Current career earnings$17,004,806$94,966,162
Pre-match H2H
Vera Zvonareva #50 1 – 3 Serena Williams #139

Path

Vera Zvonareva's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jelena Jankovic #276-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 22, 2006QF
Varvara Lepchenko #1256-0 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 21, 2006R16
Tatiana Golovin #326-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 20, 2006R32

Vera Zvonareva's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Katarina Srebotnik #266-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 23, 2006F

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Amy Frazier #566-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 22, 2006QF
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #1056-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 21, 2006R16
Anastasia Myskina #116-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 20, 2006R32