Serena Williams #2 def. Dinara Safina #3

6-0 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Dinara Safina 6-0 6-3 in the 2009 Australian Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsDinara Safina
Aces43
Double faults05
First serve %5759
First serve points won %9552
Second serve points won %6230
Break points saved %017
Break points converted %83100
Service points won %8143
Return points won %5719
Total points won %6733

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsDinara Safina
Country USA RUS
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Apr 27, 1986
Age2722
Height175 cm182 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)23
Ranking points (entering)7,9327,754
Elo (entering)2,1582,073
Current career W-L837–172304–161
Current career earnings$94,948,662$10,585,640
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #46-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 30, 2009SF
Svetlana Kuznetsova #85-7 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2009QF
Victoria Azarenka #143-6 4-2 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Shuai Peng #416-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Gisela Dulko #456-3 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Meng Yuan #1236-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Vera Zvonareva #76-3 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataJan 30, 2009SF
Jelena Dokic #1876-4 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2009QF
Alizé Cornet #166-2 2-6 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16
Kaia Kanepi #286-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Ekaterina Makarova #496-7(3) 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Alla Kudryavtseva #706-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128