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Serena Williams #169 def. Sabine Lisicki #26

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 30, 2011*
Tournament	Stanford
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Sabine Lisicki

Stat	Serena Williams	Sabine Lisicki
Aces	3	4
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	61	54
First serve points won %	82	65
Second serve points won %	48	24
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	69	46
Return points won %	54	31
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Sabine Lisicki
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 22, 1989
Age	29	21
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	169	26
Ranking points (entering)	340	1,886
Elo (entering)	2,129	1,904
Career W-L	825–170	206–172
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$7,201,957

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Sabine Lisicki

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2011	QF	Maria Sharapova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 2011	R16	Maria Kirilenko	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2011	R32	Anastasia Rodionova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2011	F	Marion Bartoli	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sabine Lisicki's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2011	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	7-6(4) 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 2011	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2011	R32	Simona Halep	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data