QF Australian Open 2005

Serena Williams #7 def. Amélie Mauresmo #2

6-2 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Amélie Mauresmo 6-2 6-2 in the 2005 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 2005*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2005
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Serena Williams	Amélie Mauresmo
Aces	5	1
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	72.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	67.0%	57.0%
Second serve points won %	86.0%	40.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	72.0%	51.0%
Return points won %	49.0%	28.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Amélie Mauresmo
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 5, 1979
Age	23	25
Height	175 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,128	4,320
Elo (entering)	2,231	2,185
Current career W-L	837–172	463–185
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$15,022,476

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #7 9 – 1 Amélie Mauresmo #2

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nadia Petrova #13	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2005	R16
Sania Mirza #166	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2005	R32
Dally Randriantefy #67	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2005	R64
Camille Pin #106	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2005	R128

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Sharapova #4	2-6 7-5 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 2005	SF

Amélie Mauresmo's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Evgenia Linetskaya #93	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2005	R16
Ana Ivanovic #82	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2005	R32
Dinara Safina #44	2-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2005	R64
Samantha Stosur #45	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2005	R128