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Serena Williams #1 def. Na Li #17

7-6(4) 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(1)
Loser	Na Li

Stat	Serena Williams	Na Li
Aces	12	1
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	60	69
First serve points won %	86	68
Second serve points won %	45	45
Break points saved %	75	89
Break points converted %	11	25
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Na Li
Country	USA	CHN
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 26, 1982
Age	28	27
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	9,195	2,600
Elo (entering)	2,123	1,948
Career W-L	825–170	334–155
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$16,709,074

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 1 Na Li

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2010	QF	Victoria Azarenka	4-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Petra Kvitova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Urszula Radwanska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2010	F	Justine Henin	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Na Li's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2010	QF	Venus Williams	2-6 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Agnes Szavay	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Marina Erakovic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data