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Ahead of their round of 16 clash on Manic Monday at Wimbledon, let’s crunch some numbers!

14-11: Serena owns the edge in the head to head. Here’s the surface breakdown:

Hard: Serena leads 9-8
Grass: Serena leads 3-2
Clay: Serena leads 2-1

12: Number of times Venus and Serena have met in majors, with Serena holding the 7-5 edge.

Other notable rivalries, Grand Slam meetings:

Navratilova-Evert: 22 (Navratilova leads 14-8)
Graf vs. Sanchez Vicario: 13 (Graf leads 9-4)
Evert vs. Mandlikova: 13 (Evert leads 10-3)
Serena vs. Venus: 12
Graf vs. Sabatini: 12 (Graf leads 11-1)

8-3: Serena’s edge over Venus in finals, including 3-1 in Wimbledon finals

4: Number of times the loser of the first set has come back to win in their 25 meetings.

1: Number of times the loser of the first set has won in their five Wimbledon meetings. Serena came back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the 2003 Wimbledon final.

9-5: Serena’s advantage in the 14 tiebreaks the two have contested.

6-4: Serena also holds the edge in three-set matches, winning six of ten. That means that 40 percent of their matches have gone the distance, which is more than Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, percentage-wise. Evert and Navratilova played 28 three-setters in 80 matches (35 percent).

151: Combined wins that the Williams Sisters have amassed at Wimbledon. Venus is 76-12, while Serena is 75-10.

113: Titles that the sisters have earned at the WTA level, including 27 major titles (20 for Serena, 7 for Venus)

$100.5 million: Total prize money, combined, that Venus and Serena have earned, to go with 259 combined weeks at No. 1, 29 wins over reigning world No. 1s and 8 Olympic Gold Medals.

1-0: Venus holds a 1-0 edge over Serena in mixed doubles. The older sister paired with Justin Gimelstob in 1998 to win the French Open mixed title by defeating Serena and Luis Lobo.

What Venus is Saying about Serena:

"I'm definitely just amazed at everything she's accomplished. It's exciting. It's exciting to see this happen for her, and for us as a family really. It's Serena and I and mom and dad and all of us."

"15 years ago, everybody's a different person. Everyone's a different player. I think we're both more mature. Still as tenacious. I mean, back then we were definitely fun to watch. I think we still are."


What Serena is saying about Venus:

"Well, you know, it's unfortunate that it's so soon. But we're going to do the best that we can. I mean, she's my sister today. She's my sister next week. She's my sister next year. I think that's a little more important than a match. We'll leave everything out on the court. When it's done, you know, we'll go back to regular life."

"I mean, she's been through so much. She's had a wonderful story. She's been so inspiring to me. You know, she's just an incredible individual. She's just so amazing. She's been so inspiring to a lot of people with the same things that she goes through, too."


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