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Serena Williams #1 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #35

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2016*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Irina-Camelia Begu

Stat	Serena Williams	Irina-Camelia Begu
Aces	4	0
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	59	67
First serve points won %	64	41
Second serve points won %	44	44
Break points saved %	67	40
Break points converted %	60	33
Service points won %	56	42
Return points won %	58	44
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Irina-Camelia Begu
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Aug 26, 1990
Age	34	25
Height	175	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	35
Ranking points (entering)	8,235	1,410
Elo (entering)	2,168	1,799
Career W-L	825–170	249–234
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$9,074,683

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Irina-Camelia Begu

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Christina Mchale	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2016	R32	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2016	F	Madison Keys	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	QF	Misaki Doi	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Daria Kasatkina	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2016	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2016	R64	Margarita Gasparyan	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data