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Nadia Petrova #20 def. Venus Williams #2

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2010*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Nadia Petrova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Nadia Petrova	Venus Williams
Aces	5	2
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	49	59
First serve points won %	76	69
Second serve points won %	49	42
Break points saved %	86	43
Break points converted %	57	14
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nadia Petrova	Venus Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1982	Jun 17, 1980
Age	27	29
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,795	6,386
Elo (entering)	1,912	2,084
Career W-L	441–276	768–288
Career earnings	$12,466,924	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Nadia Petrova 0 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2010	R32	Aravane Rezai	6-7(2) 6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2010	R64	Agnes Szavay	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2010	R128	Shuai Zhang	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2010	QF	Elena Dementieva	6-2 2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2010	R32	Dominika Cibulkova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2010	R64	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2010	R128	Patty Schnyder	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data