SF Australian Open 2007

Serena Williams #81 def. Nicole Vaidisova #12

7-6(5) 6-4

Serena Williams defeated Nicole Vaidisova 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2007 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsNicole Vaidisova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
106
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
37
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
55.0%50.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
68.2%61.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
41.7%37.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%61.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.2%49.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
38.5%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
50.6%43.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.3%46.7%
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.
+0.2-6.6
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.
+6.6-0.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2007 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsNicole Vaidisova
Country USA CZE
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Apr 23, 1989
Age2517
Height175 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)8112
Ranking points (entering)3311,428
Elo (entering)2,0791,986
Current career W-L837–172155–85
Current career earnings$94,948,662$2,778,619
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Shahar Peer #173-6 6-2 8-6WH2HMatch dataJan 25, 2007QF
Jelena Jankovic #116-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2007R16
Nadia Petrova #61-6 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2007R32
Anne Kremer #1597-6(4) 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2007R64
Mara Santangelo #326-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2007R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Maria Sharapova #26-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2007F

Nicole Vaidisova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Lucie Safarova #706-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 25, 2007QF
Elena Dementieva #86-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2007R16
Katarina Srebotnik #226-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2007R32
Milagros Sequera #956-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2007R64
Jill Craybas #646-4 5-7 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2007R128