R16 Italian Open 2012

Serena Williams #6 def. Anabel Medina Garrigues #31

6-3 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-1 in the 2012 Italian Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsAnabel Medina Garrigues
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
41
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
10
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
54.5%69.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
70.8%50.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
80.0%38.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%20.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
75.0%46.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
80.0%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
53.5%25.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
64.4%35.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+19.1-9.4
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.4-19.1

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2012 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsAnabel Medina Garrigues
Country USA ESP
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jul 31, 1982
Age3029
Height175 cm169 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)631
Ranking points (entering)5,3001,780
Elo (entering)2,2091,736
Current career W-L837–172310–278
Current career earnings$94,948,662$5,956,607

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Nadia Petrova #304-6 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 17, 2012R32
Galina Voskoboeva #466-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 16, 2012R64

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Flavia Pennetta #214-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataMay 19, 2012QF

Anabel Medina Garrigues's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Caroline Wozniacki #86-4 4-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataMay 17, 2012R32
Jie Zheng #336-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataMay 16, 2012R64