QF Australian Open 2010

Serena Williams #1 def. Victoria Azarenka #7

4-6 7-6(4) 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 2010 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
171
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
15
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
50.0%77.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
66.7%56.8%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
47.1%50.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
61.5%53.8%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.9%55.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
46.2%38.5%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
44.8%43.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
50.7%49.3%
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.
+0.8-0.9
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.
+0.8-0.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2010 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Country USA BLR
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jul 31, 1989
Age2820
Height175 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)17
Ranking points (entering)9,1954,740
Elo (entering)2,1241,981
Current career W-L837–172582–268
Current career earnings$94,948,662$38,890,473
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Samantha Stosur #136-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2010R16
Carla Suárez Navarro #336-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2010R32
Petra Kvitova #776-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2010R64
Urszula Radwanska #726-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2010R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Na Li #177-6(4) 7-6(1)WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2010SF

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Vera Zvonareva #94-6 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2010R16
Tathiana Garbin #626-0 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2010R32
Stefanie Voegele #746-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2010R64
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #1166-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2010R128