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Serena Williams #7 def. Nicole Vaidisova #12

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Nicole Vaidisova

Stat	Serena Williams	Nicole Vaidisova
Aces	9	5
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	48	66
First serve points won %	88	72
Second serve points won %	50	30
Break points saved %	75	25
Break points converted %	75	25
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Nicole Vaidisova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 23, 1989
Age	26	18
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	12
Ranking points (entering)	2,772	1,977
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,966
Career W-L	825–170	155–84
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$2,778,619

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 0 Nicole Vaidisova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Meng Yuan	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Jarmila Wolfe	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Jelena Jankovic	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicole Vaidisova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Alicia Molik	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Raluca Olaru	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data