SF Wimbledon 2009

Venus Williams #3 def. Dinara Safina #1

6-1 6-0

Venus Williams defeated Dinara Safina 6-1 6-0 in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 4, 2009*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 2009
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Venus Williams	Dinara Safina
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	66.0%	64.0%
First serve points won %	80.0%	30.0%
Second serve points won %	77.0%	38.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	0.0%
Break points converted %	100.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	79.0%	33.0%
Return points won %	67.0%	21.0%
Total points won %	73.0%	27.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Dinara Safina
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Apr 27, 1986
Age	29	23
Height	185 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	7,217	9,801
Elo (entering)	2,095	2,101
Current career W-L	782–299	304–161
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #3 2 – 1 Dinara Safina #1

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Agnieszka Radwanska #14	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2009	QF
Ana Ivanovic #12	6-1 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 2009	R16
Carla Suárez Navarro #34	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2009	R32
Kateryna Volodko #73	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 2009	R64
Stefanie Voegele #97	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 2009	R128

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Serena Williams #2	6-7(3) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2009	F

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sabine Lisicki #41	6-7(5) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2009	QF
Amélie Mauresmo #17	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 2009	R16
Kirsten Flipkens #110	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2009	R32
Rossana De Los Ríos #100	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 2009	R64
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #72	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 2009	R128