SF Australian Open 2010

Serena Williams #1 def. Na Li #17

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

Serena Williams defeated Na Li 7-6(4) 7-6(1) in the 2010 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsNa Li
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
121
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
26
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.8%68.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
85.7%67.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.5%45.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
75.0%88.9%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
69.5%60.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
11.1%25.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
39.4%30.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.0%47.0%
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.
+13.4+4.5
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.
-4.5-13.4

* 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 WilliamsNa Li
Country USA CHN
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Feb 26, 1982
Age2827
Height175 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)117
Ranking points (entering)9,1952,600
Elo (entering)2,1351,967
Current career W-L837–172339–160
Current career earnings$94,966,162$16,709,074
Pre-match H2H
Serena Williams #1 3 – 1 Na Li #17

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Victoria Azarenka #74-6 7-6(4) 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 28, 2010QF
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
Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 30, 2010F

Na Li's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Venus Williams #62-6 7-6(4) 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 28, 2010QF
Caroline Wozniacki #46-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2010R16
Daniela Hantuchova #257-5 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2010R32
Agnes Szavay #373-6 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2010R64
Marina Erakovic #2536-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2010R128