Victoria Azarenka #16 def. Sara Errani #41

6-3 6-1

Victoria Azarenka defeated Sara Errani 6-3 6-1 in the 2009 Brisbane International semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVictoria AzarenkaSara Errani
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
21
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
2
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
77.6%53.3%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
71.1%37.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
27.3%42.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
33.3%33.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
61.2%40.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
66.7%66.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
60.0%38.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
60.6%39.4%
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.
+5.4-15.8
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.
+15.8-5.4

* 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

FieldVictoria AzarenkaSara Errani
Country BLR ITA
Birth dateJul 31, 1989Apr 29, 1987
Age1921
Height183 cm164 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1641
Ranking points (entering)2,7881,352
Elo (entering)1,8901,774
Current career W-L582–268387–304
Current career earnings$38,890,473$18,238,851
Pre-match H2H
Victoria Azarenka #16 1 1 Sara Errani #41

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Lucie Safarova #617-6(5) 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 9, 2009QF
Jarmila Wolfe #987-6(4) 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 8, 2009R16
Kateryna Volodko #596-0 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 7, 2009R32

Victoria Azarenka's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Marion Bartoli #176-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2009F

Sara Errani's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Olga Govortsova #506-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 9, 2009QF
Tsvetana Pironkova #446-7(3) 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 8, 2009R16
Daniela Hantuchova #216-7(1) 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 7, 2009R32