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Serena Williams #11 def. Aryna Sabalenka #7

6-4 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Loser	Aryna Sabalenka

Stat	Serena Williams	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	9	4
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	52	60
First serve points won %	78	68
Second serve points won %	40	50
Break points saved %	64	56
Break points converted %	44	36
Service points won %	60	61
Return points won %	39	40
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	USA	BLR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	May 5, 1998
Age	39	22
Height	175	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	11	7
Ranking points (entering)	4,265	4,580
Elo (entering)	2,013	2,040
Career W-L	825–170	399–138
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$50,259,447

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Aryna Sabalenka

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Anastasia Potapova	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Nina Stojanovic	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Laura Siegemund	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Simona Halep	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Ann Li	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Daria Kasatkina	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data