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Serena Williams #2 def. Barbora Strycova #16

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2017*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Barbora Strycova

Stat	Serena Williams	Barbora Strycova
Aces	4	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	45	65
First serve points won %	63	54
Second serve points won %	45	41
Break points saved %	33	57
Break points converted %	43	67
Service points won %	53	49
Return points won %	51	47
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Barbora Strycova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Mar 28, 1986
Age	35	30
Height	175	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	7,080	2,295
Elo (entering)	2,153	1,854
Career W-L	825–170	286–297
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$12,747,182

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 0 Barbora Strycova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Nicole Gibbs	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Lucie Safarova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Belinda Bencic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2017	QF	Johanna Konta	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Barbora Strycova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Caroline Garcia	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Andrea Petkovic	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Elizaveta Kulichkova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data