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Venus Williams #16 def. Maria Sharapova #2

7-6(2) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 2005*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	7-6(2) 6-1
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Venus Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	4	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	70	74
First serve points won %	65	51
Second serve points won %	58	58
Break points saved %	86	56
Break points converted %	44	14
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Apr 19, 1987
Age	25	18
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	16	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,726	4,998
Elo (entering)	2,054	2,163
Career W-L	768–288	596–174
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 0 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2005	QF	Mary Pierce	6-0 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2005	R16	Jill Craybas	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2005	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2005	R64	Nicole Pratt	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2005	R128	Eva Birnerova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2005	F	Lindsay Davenport	4-6 7-6(4) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2005	QF	Nadia Petrova	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2005	R16	Nathalie Dechy	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2005	R32	Katarina Srebotnik	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2005	R64	Sesil Karatantcheva	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2005	R128	Nuria Llagostera Vives	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data