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Sloane Stephens #25 def. Serena Williams #3

3-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2013*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Sloane Stephens
Score	3-6 7-5 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Sloane Stephens	Serena Williams
Aces	2	4
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	58	59
First serve points won %	72	67
Second serve points won %	51	51
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	63	60
Return points won %	40	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sloane Stephens	Serena Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 20, 1993	Sep 26, 1981
Age	19	31
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,666	9,750
Elo (entering)	1,802	2,260
Career W-L	298–240	825–170
Career earnings	$19,347,815	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Sloane Stephens 0 – 1 Serena Williams

Path

Sloane Stephens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2013	R16	Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic	6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Laura Robson	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2013	R64	Kristina Mladenovic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Simona Halep	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sloane Stephens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2013	SF	Victoria Azarenka	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2013	R16	Maria Kirilenko	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Ayumi Morita	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2013	R64	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data