R16 China Open 2005

Tiantian Sun #127 def. Serena Williams #9

6-2 7-6(7)

Tiantian Sun defeated Serena Williams 6-2 7-6(7) in the 2005 China Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 23, 2005*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2005
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Tiantian Sun	Serena Williams
Country	CHN	USA
Birth date	—	Sep 26, 1981
Age	—	23
Height	175 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	127	9
Ranking points (entering)	277	2,705
Elo (entering)	1,492	2,132
Current career W-L	27–54	837–172
Current career earnings	$1,019,657	$94,948,662

Pre-match H2H

Tiantian Sun #127 0 – 0 Serena Williams #9

Path

Tiantian Sun's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tatiana Panova #104	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 22, 2005	R32

Tiantian Sun's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Kirilenko #45	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 2005	QF

Serena Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.