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Today's women's final

The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 4, 2009

TODAY'S WOMEN'S FINAL

Serena Williams (2) vs. Venus Williams (3)

TV: 9 a.m., NBC, Channel 8

	Serena	Venus
Age	27	29
Height	5-9	6-1
Weight	150	160
Rank	2	3
Career Money-x	$24,205,248	$22,842,277
2009 Money-x	$2,243,841	$902,181
Grand Slam Finals	10-3	7-6
Career Titles	33	41
Wimbledon Titles	2	5
2009 Titles	1	2
Career Record	430-92	541-127
2009 Record	31-7	27-6
2009 Record-Grass	6-0	6-0
Grand Slam Record	175-28	185-38
Wimbledon Record	49-7	64-7

x-entering Wimbledon

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The matchup is tied 10-10, including 2-2 at the All England Club. This will be their third meeting this year, with each previously posting a three-set semifinal victory (Venus in Dubai, Serena in Key Biscayne). Here's how they've fared against each other at Wimbledon:

2000	Semifinal	Venus def. Serena, 6-2, 7-6 (3).
2002	Final	Serena def. Venus, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
2003	Final	Serena def. Venus, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
2008	Final	Venus def. Serena, 7-5, 6-4.

ROAD TO THE FINAL

Serena

def. Neuza Silva, 6-1, 7-5

def. Jarmila Groth, 6-2, 6-1

def. Roberta Vinci, 6-3, 6-4

def. Daniela Hantuchova, 6-3, 6-1

def. Victoria Azarenka (8), 6-2, 6-3

def. Elena Dementieva (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5, 8-6.

Venus

def. Stefanie Voegele, 6-3, 6-2

def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-3, 6-2

def. Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-0, 6-4

def. Ana Ivanovic (13), 6-1, 0-1, retired

def. Agnieszka Radwanska (11), 6-1, 6-2

def. Dinara Safina (1), 6-1, 6-0.

MAJOR TITLES

Serena (10)

Australian Open (2003, '05, '07, '09)

French Open (2002)

Wimbledon (2002-03)

U.S. Open (1999, 2002, '08)

Venus (7)

Wimbledon (2000-01, '05, '07-08)

U.S. Open (2000-01

NEED TO KNOW

Either Venus or Serena has won seven of the past nine championships at the All England Club. ... Venus is bidding to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win Wimbledon three years in a row. ... There have been seven previous all-Williams championship matches at majors, with Serena holding a 5-2 lead. ... Serena is 10-3 in Grand Slam finals; Venus is 7-6. ... Venus was credited with just one unforced error in her semifinal victory against Safina.

Tribune wires

TODAY'S WOMEN'S FINAL

Serena Williams (2) vs. Venus Williams (3)

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