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Venus Williams #3 def. Dinara Safina #1

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 2009*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Venus Williams	Dinara Safina
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	66	64
First serve points won %	80	30
Second serve points won %	77	38
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	79	33
Return points won %	67	21
Total points won %	73	27

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Dinara Safina
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Apr 27, 1986
Age	29	23
Height	185	182
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)	2,090	2,095
Career W-L	768–288	299–160
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 2 – 1 Dinara Safina

Path

Venus Williams's path

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

Venus Williams's next match

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

Dinara Safina's path

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