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Samantha Stosur #20 def. Serena Williams #2

6-2 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 1, 2009*
Tournament	Stanford
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Samantha Stosur
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Samantha Stosur	Serena Williams
Aces	6	10
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	58	63
First serve points won %	73	82
Second serve points won %	50	31
Break points saved %	90	33
Break points converted %	67	10
Service points won %	64	63
Return points won %	37	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Samantha Stosur	Serena Williams
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1984	Sep 26, 1981
Age	25	27
Height	175	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,045	8,509
Elo (entering)	1,855	2,115
Career W-L	451–335	825–170
Career earnings	$20,070,126	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Samantha Stosur 0 – 1 Serena Williams

Path

Samantha Stosur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2009	R16	Monica Niculescu	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Dominika Cibulkova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Samantha Stosur's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2009	SF	Marion Bartoli	3-6 6-1 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2009	R16	Melinda Czink	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Na Li	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data