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Vera Zvonareva #50 def. Serena Williams #139

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 22, 2006*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Vera Zvonareva
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Vera Zvonareva	Serena Williams
Aces	5	2
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	49	47
First serve points won %	68	57
Second serve points won %	54	29
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	61	42
Return points won %	58	39
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vera Zvonareva	Serena Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Sep 7, 1984	Sep 26, 1981
Age	21	24
Height	172	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	50	139
Ranking points (entering)	434	201
Elo (entering)	1,811	2,030
Career W-L	459–268	825–170
Career earnings	$16,987,921	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Vera Zvonareva 1 – 3 Serena Williams

Path

Vera Zvonareva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2006	QF	Jelena Jankovic	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2006	R16	Varvara Lepchenko	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2006	R32	Tatiana Golovin	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Vera Zvonareva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2006	F	Katarina Srebotnik	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2006	QF	Amy Frazier	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2006	R16	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2006	R32	Anastasia Myskina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data