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Venus Williams #6 def. Serena Williams #1

6-1 2-6 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2009*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-1 2-6 7-6(3)
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Venus Williams	Serena Williams
Aces	8	7
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	54	55
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	54	39
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Serena Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 26, 1981
Age	28	27
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	6,144	9,632
Elo (entering)	2,126	2,156
Career W-L	768–288	825–170
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 9 – 9 Serena Williams

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2009	QF	Elena Dementieva	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2009	R16	Alizé Cornet	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2009	R32	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2009	F	Virginie Razzano	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2009	QF	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2009	R16	Jie Zheng	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2009	R32	Sara Errani	4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data