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Serena Williams #81 def. Nicole Vaidisova #12

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2007*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Nicole Vaidisova

Stat	Serena Williams	Nicole Vaidisova
Aces	10	6
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	55	51
First serve points won %	68	61
Second serve points won %	42	37
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	56	49
Return points won %	51	44
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Nicole Vaidisova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 23, 1989
Age	25	17
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	81	12
Ranking points (entering)	331	1,428
Elo (entering)	2,039	1,971
Career W-L	825–170	155–84
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$2,778,619

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Nicole Vaidisova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Shahar Peer	3-6 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Jelena Jankovic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Nadia Petrova	1-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Anne Kremer	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Mara Santangelo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2007	F	Maria Sharapova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicole Vaidisova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Lucie Safarova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Elena Dementieva	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Katarina Srebotnik	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Milagros Sequera	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Jill Craybas	6-4 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data