QF Australian Open 2009

Serena Williams #2 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #8

5-7 7-5 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 5-7 7-5 6-1 in the 2009 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsSvetlana Kuznetsova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
55
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
47
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.1%63.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
69.1%65.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%36.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
60.0%45.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
61.3%54.9%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
54.5%40.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
45.1%38.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.3%46.7%
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.
+5.5-0.9
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.
+0.9-5.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsSvetlana Kuznetsova
Country USA RUS
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jun 27, 1985
Age2723
Height175 cm174 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)28
Ranking points (entering)7,9325,190
Elo (entering)2,1341,966
Current career W-L837–172594–323
Current career earnings$94,948,662$25,816,890
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Victoria Azarenka #143-6 4-2 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Shuai Peng #416-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Gisela Dulko #456-3 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Meng Yuan #1236-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #46-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 30, 2009SF

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jie Zheng #244-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Alona Bondarenko #347-6(7) 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Tatjana Maria #2396-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Anastasia Rodionova #996-2 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128