SF Australian Open 2017

Serena Williams #2 def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #79

6-2 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 6-1 in the 2017 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsMirjana Lucic-Baroni
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
33
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
36
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
68.4%58.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
92.3%66.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
33.3%14.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
16.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
73.7%45.1%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
83.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
54.9%26.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
62.9%37.1%
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.
+17.2-11.4
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.
+11.4-17.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2017 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsMirjana Lucic-Baroni
Country USA CRO
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Mar 9, 1982
Age3534
Height175 cm181 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)279
Ranking points (entering)7,080786
Elo (entering)2,1941,712
Current career W-L837–172136–166
Current career earnings$94,948,662$4,253,458
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Johanna Konta #96-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2017QF
Barbora Strycova #167-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2017R16
Nicole Gibbs #926-1 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2017R32
Lucie Safarova #616-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2017R64
Belinda Bencic #596-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2017R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Venus Williams #176-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2017F

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Karolina Pliskova #56-4 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2017QF
Jennifer Brady #1166-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2017R16
Maria Sakkari #943-6 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2017R32
Agnieszka Radwanska #36-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2017R64
Qiang Wang #714-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2017R128