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Venus Williams #7 def. Alisa Kleybanova #42

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 1, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Alisa Kleybanova

Stat	Venus Williams	Alisa Kleybanova
Aces	2	2
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	64	43
First serve points won %	76	73
Second serve points won %	44	48
Break points saved %	83	25
Break points converted %	75	17
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Alisa Kleybanova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jul 15, 1989
Age	28	18
Height	185	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	42
Ranking points (entering)	2,606	653
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,662
Career W-L	768–288	108–92
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$2,492,031

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 0 – 0 Alisa Kleybanova

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Anne Keothavong	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Naomi Cavaday	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alisa Kleybanova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Tzipora Obziler	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data