Venus Williams #41 def. Andrea Petkovic #182

5-7 6-4 6-4

Venus Williams defeated Andrea Petkovic 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the 2012 Luxembourg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVenus WilliamsAndrea Petkovic
Aces62
Double faults152
First serve %5274
First serve points won %7157
Second serve points won %4050
Break points saved %6454
Break points converted %4636
Service points won %5655
Return points won %4544
Total points won %5149

Player Comparison

FieldVenus WilliamsAndrea Petkovic
Country USA GER
Birth dateJun 17, 1980Sep 9, 1987
Age3225
Height185 cm180 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)41182
Ranking points (entering)1,370341
Elo (entering)2,0021,865
Current career W-L782–299279–228
Current career earnings$43,194,440$8,829,248
Pre-match H2H
Venus Williams #41 1 1 Andrea Petkovic #182

Path

Venus Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Roberta Vinci #157-6(2) 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 20, 2012QF
Mona Barthel #377-6(4) 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 19, 2012R16
Belinda Bencic #6186-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataOct 18, 2012R32

Venus Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Monica Niculescu #706-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 21, 2012F

Andrea Petkovic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ksenia Pervak #1066-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 20, 2012QF
Jelena Jankovic #227-5 6-0WH2HMatch dataOct 19, 2012R16
Garbiñe Muguruza #1004-6 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataOct 18, 2012R32