R16 Australian Open 2021

Serena Williams #11 def. Aryna Sabalenka #7

6-4 2-6 6-4

Serena Williams defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 2021 Australian Open fourth round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsAryna Sabalenka
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
94
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
84
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
51.5%59.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
78.4%67.9%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
39.6%50.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
63.6%55.6%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
59.6%60.7%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
44.4%36.4%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
39.3%40.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
50.0%50.0%
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.
+2.9+4.0
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.
-4.0-2.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2021 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsAryna Sabalenka
Country USA BLR
Birth dateSep 26, 1981May 5, 1998
Age3922
Height175 cm182 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)117
Ranking points (entering)4,2654,580
Elo (entering)2,0712,040
Current career W-L837–172416–144
Current career earnings$94,948,662$50,422,999
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anastasia Potapova #1017-6(5) 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2021R32
Nina Stojanovic #996-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataFeb 11, 2021R64
Laura Siegemund #496-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 10, 2021R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Simona Halep #26-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 18, 2021QF

Aryna Sabalenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ann Li #696-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2021R32
Daria Kasatkina #757-6(5) 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 11, 2021R64
Viktoria Hruncakova #1006-0 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 10, 2021R128