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Serena Williams #1 def. Margarita Gasparyan #58

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Margarita Gasparyan

Stat	Serena Williams	Margarita Gasparyan
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	57	65
First serve points won %	75	57
Second serve points won %	61	19
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	69	43
Return points won %	57	31
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Margarita Gasparyan
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 1, 1994
Age	34	21
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	58
Ranking points (entering)	9,945	959
Elo (entering)	2,201	1,659
Career W-L	825–170	50–57
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$2,120,520

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Margarita Gasparyan

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Daria Kasatkina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Camila Giorgi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Maria Sharapova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Margarita Gasparyan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Yulia Putintseva	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Kurumi Nara	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Sara Errani	1-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data