R16 Australian Open 2009

Serena Williams #2 def. Victoria Azarenka #14

3-6 4-2 (ret.)

The match ended when Victoria Azarenka retired.

Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 3-6 4-2 RET after Victoria Azarenka retired in the 2009 Australian Open fourth round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
21
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
40
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
55.9%71.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
63.2%72.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
46.7%46.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
75.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
55.9%65.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%25.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
34.8%44.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
47.4%52.6%
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.
+0.1+9.4
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.
-9.4-0.1

* 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 WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Country USA BLR
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jul 31, 1989
Age2719
Height175 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)214
Ranking points (entering)7,9323,066
Elo (entering)2,1261,938
Current career W-L837–172582–268
Current career earnings$94,948,662$38,890,473
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
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
Svetlana Kuznetsova #85-7 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2009QF

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Amélie Mauresmo #226-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Tathiana Garbin #544-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Petra Kvitova #406-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128