R16 Sydney International 2001

Serena Williams #6 def. Brie Rippner #73

6-1 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Brie Rippner 6-1 6-2 in the 2001 Sydney International round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 11, 2001*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 2001
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Brie Rippner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jan 21, 1980
Age	19	20
Height	175 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	73
Ranking points (entering)	2,306	444
Elo (entering)	2,185	1,561
Current career W-L	837–172	17–36
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$382,708

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #6 0 – 0 Brie Rippner #73

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lilia Osterloh #42	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 2001	R32

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Hingis #1	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 2001	QF

Brie Rippner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tamarine Tanasugarn #28	6-0 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 2001	R32