Serena Williams #2 def. Caroline Wozniacki #12

6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3)

Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2009 Sydney International quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsCaroline Wozniacki
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
72
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
42
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.8%65.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
75.8%50.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
30.0%53.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
44.4%46.2%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.8%51.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
53.8%55.6%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.6%42.2%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.5%47.5%
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.
+2.0-4.4
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.
+4.4-2.0

* 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 WilliamsCaroline Wozniacki
Country USA DEN
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jul 11, 1990
Age2718
Height175 cm177 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)212
Ranking points (entering)7,7323,330
Elo (entering)2,1331,909
Current career W-L837–172620–275
Current career earnings$94,966,162$36,479,231
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sara Errani #386-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 16, 2009R16
Samantha Stosur #466-3 6-7(4) 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 15, 2009R32

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #43-6 1-6LH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2009SF

Caroline Wozniacki's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Melanie South #1106-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 16, 2009R16
Dominika Cibulkova #196-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 15, 2009R32