SF Australian Open 2009

Serena Williams #2 def. Elena Dementieva #4

6-3 6-4

Serena Williams defeated Elena Dementieva 6-3 6-4 in the 2009 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsElena Dementieva
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
103
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
08
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
52.9%56.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
78.4%52.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.5%53.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
66.7%60.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
62.9%52.7%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
40.0%33.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
47.3%37.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
54.9%45.1%
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.
+7.0-3.1
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.
+3.1-7.1

* 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 WilliamsElena Dementieva
Country USA RUS
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Oct 14, 1981
Age2727
Height175 cm180 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)24
Ranking points (entering)7,9327,596
Elo (entering)2,1432,125
Current career W-L837–172483–245
Current career earnings$94,948,662$14,867,437
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Svetlana Kuznetsova #85-7 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2009QF
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
Dinara Safina #36-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 31, 2009F

Elena Dementieva's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Carla Suárez Navarro #466-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2009QF
Dominika Cibulkova #196-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Samantha Stosur #487-6(6) 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Iveta Benesova #356-4 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Kristina Barrois #887-6(4) 2-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128