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Karolina Pliskova #8 def. Serena Williams #16

6-4 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Karolina Pliskova
Score	6-4 4-6 7-5
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Karolina Pliskova	Serena Williams
Aces	9	12
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	79	65
First serve points won %	68	64
Second serve points won %	38	46
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Pliskova	Serena Williams
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Mar 21, 1992	Sep 26, 1981
Age	26	37
Height	186	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,750	2,976
Elo (entering)	1,988	2,101
Career W-L	421–241	825–170
Career earnings	$26,944,237	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Pliskova 1 – 2 Serena Williams

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2019	R32	Camila Giorgi	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Madison Brengle	4-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Karolina Muchova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2019	SF	Naomi Osaka	2-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Simona Halep	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2019	R32	Dayana Yastremska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Eugenie Bouchard	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Tatjana Maria	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data