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
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
133
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
37
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
57.8%55.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
73.0%59.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
51.9%38.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
80.0%60.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.1%50.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
40.0%20.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
50.0%35.9%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
57.4%42.6%
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.
+7.8-6.3
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.
+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$94,966,162$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