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Serena Williams #10 def. Samantha Stosur #5

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 7, 2012*
Tournament	Charleston
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Samantha Stosur

Stat	Serena Williams	Samantha Stosur
Aces	7	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	52	70
First serve points won %	91	44
Second serve points won %	52	43
Break points saved %	100	29
Break points converted %	71	0
Service points won %	73	43
Return points won %	57	27
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Samantha Stosur
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Mar 30, 1984
Age	30	28
Height	175	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	5
Ranking points (entering)	3,830	5,825
Elo (entering)	2,107	1,938
Career W-L	825–170	451–335
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$20,070,126

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 4 Samantha Stosur

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	QF	Sabine Lisicki	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Marina Erakovic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Elena Vesnina	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2012	F	Lucie Safarova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Samantha Stosur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	QF	Venus Williams	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Galina Voskoboeva	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Jamie Hampton	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data