QF Canadian Open 2011

Serena Williams #80 def. Lucie Safarova #32

4-6 6-3 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Lucie Safarova 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2011 Canadian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsLucie Safarova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
84
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
74
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.5%52.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
78.7%77.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
62.5%45.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%76.9%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
72.2%62.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
23.1%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
37.6%27.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.5%46.5%
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.
+16.3+6.5
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.
-6.5-16.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2011 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsLucie Safarova
Country USA CZE
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Feb 4, 1987
Age2924
Height175 cm177 cm
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)8032
Ranking points (entering)8101,570
Elo (entering)2,1591,801
Current career W-L837–172354–273
Current career earnings$94,948,662$12,656,891
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jie Zheng #824-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 12, 2011R16
Julia Goerges #206-1 7-6(7)WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 2011R32
Alona Bondarenko #1266-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 10, 2011R64

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Victoria Azarenka #46-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 13, 2011SF

Lucie Safarova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Francesca Schiavone #86-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 12, 2011R16
Simona Halep #556-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 2011R32
Polona Hercog #406-3 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 10, 2011R64