QF Australian Open 2016

Serena Williams #1 def. Maria Sharapova #5

6-4 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1 in the 2016 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsMaria Sharapova
Aces133
Double faults37
First serve %58.0%55.0%
First serve points won %73.0%59.0%
Second serve points won %52.0%38.0%
Break points saved %80.0%60.0%
Break points converted %40.0%20.0%
Service points won %64.0%50.0%
Return points won %50.0%36.0%
Total points won %57.0%43.0%
Match Serve++7.8-6.3
Match Return++6.3-7.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2016 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsMaria Sharapova
Country USA RUS
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Apr 19, 1987
Age3428
Height175 cm188 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)15
Ranking points (entering)9,9454,542
Elo (entering)2,2962,081
Current career W-L837–172601–175
Current career earnings$94,948,662$38,777,962
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Margarita Gasparyan #586-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2016R16
Daria Kasatkina #696-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2016R32
Su-Wei Hsieh #906-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2016R64
Camila Giorgi #366-4 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2016R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Agnieszka Radwanska #46-0 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 30, 2016SF

Maria Sharapova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Belinda Bencic #137-5 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2016R16
Lauren Davis #1036-1 6-7 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2016R32
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #1056-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2016R64
Nao Hibino #566-1 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2016R128