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Serena Williams #2 def. Victoria Azarenka #14

3-6 4-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	3-6 4-2 (ret.)
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	56	72
First serve points won %	63	73
Second serve points won %	47	46
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	56	65
Return points won %	35	44
Total points won %	47	53

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Country	USA	BLR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 31, 1989
Age	27	19
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	7,932	3,066
Elo (entering)	2,111	1,936
Career W-L	825–170	575–266
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Shuai Peng	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Gisela Dulko	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Meng Yuan	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	5-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Tathiana Garbin	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Petra Kvitova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data