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Angelique Kerber #6 def. Serena Williams #1

6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams
Aces	5	7
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	73	69
Second serve points won %	47	42
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	61	56
Return points won %	44	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Sep 26, 1981
Age	28	34
Height	173	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,710	9,945
Elo (entering)	1,983	2,220
Career W-L	461–270	825–170
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 1 – 5 Serena Williams

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2016	SF	Johanna Konta	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Annika Beck	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Madison Brengle	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Misaki Doi	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2016	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Maria Sharapova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Margarita Gasparyan	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Daria Kasatkina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Camila Giorgi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data