Serena Williams #1 def. Venus Williams #2

7-6(4) 3-6 6-4

Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 in the 2003 Australian Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 2003*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2003
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Venus Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 17, 1980
Age	21	22
Height	175 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,989	5,370
Elo (entering)	2,354	2,316
Current career W-L	837–172	782–299
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$43,194,440

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #1 6 – 5 Venus Williams #2

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kim Clijsters #4	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2003	SF
Meghann Shaughnessy #33	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2003	QF
Eleni Daniilidou #20	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2003	R16
Tamarine Tanasugarn #32	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2003	R32
Els Callens #66	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2003	R64
Emilie Loit #56	3-6 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 2003	R128

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Justine Henin #5	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2003	SF
Daniela Hantuchova #8	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2003	QF
Nicole Pratt #54	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2003	R16
Anca Barna #69	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2003	R32
Ansley Cargill #118	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2003	R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #45	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 2003	R128