QF Charleston Open 2012

Serena Williams #10 def. Sabine Lisicki #13

4-1 (ret.)

The match ended when Sabine Lisicki retired.

Serena Williams defeated Sabine Lisicki 4-1 RET after Sabine Lisicki retired in the 2012 Charleston Open quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsSabine Lisicki
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
02
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
01
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
50.0%64.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
80.0%50.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
60.0%45.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%83.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
70.0%48.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
16.7%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
51.6%30.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.8%41.2%
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.
+14.1-7.6
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.
+7.6-14.1

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2012 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsSabine Lisicki
Country USA GER
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Sep 22, 1989
Age3022
Height175 cm178 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1013
Ranking points (entering)3,8303,201
Elo (entering)2,1471,856
Current career W-L837–172211–176
Current career earnings$94,948,662$7,201,957
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Marina Erakovic #456-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataApr 6, 2012R16
Elena Vesnina #566-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 5, 2012R32

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Samantha Stosur #56-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataApr 7, 2012SF

Sabine Lisicki's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Yaroslava Shvedova #1507-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 6, 2012R16
Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #1242-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 5, 2012R32