SF Los Angeles 2009

Samantha Stosur #19 def. Sorana Cirstea #28

6-3 6-2

Samantha Stosur defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-2 in the 2009 Los Angeles semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSamantha StosurSorana Cirstea
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
72
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
14
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
55.3%57.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
84.6%67.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
76.2%39.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%57.1%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
80.9%55.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
42.9%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
44.4%19.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
61.4%38.6%
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.
+25.0-0.3
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.
+0.2-25.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSamantha StosurSorana Cirstea
Country AUS ROU
Birth dateMar 30, 1984Apr 7, 1990
Age2519
Height175 cm176 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1928
Ranking points (entering)2,2441,726
Elo (entering)1,9101,779
Current career W-L459–345375–350
Current career earnings$20,070,126$12,653,841
Pre-match H2H

Path

Samantha Stosur's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jie Zheng #234-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 8, 2009QF
Ana Ivanovic #116-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 7, 2009R16
Maria Kirilenko #516-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 6, 2009R32
Monica Niculescu #726-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 5, 2009R64

Samantha Stosur's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Flavia Pennetta #144-6 3-6LH2HMatch dataAug 9, 2009F

Sorana Cirstea's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Agnieszka Radwanska #137-6(4) 1-6 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 8, 2009QF
Sabine Lisicki #226-3 1-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataAug 7, 2009R16
Caroline Wozniacki #81-6 6-4 7-6(5)WH2HMatch dataAug 6, 2009R32
Michelle Larcher De Brito #1096-4 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 5, 2009R64