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Naomi Osaka #3 def. Serena Williams #11

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 19, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Serena Williams
Aces	6	3
Double faults	8	1
First serve %	45	46
First serve points won %	85	65
Second serve points won %	48	44
Break points saved %	71	0
Break points converted %	100	29
Service points won %	65	54
Return points won %	46	35
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Serena Williams
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	Sep 26, 1981
Age	23	39
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	5,965	4,265
Elo (entering)	2,103	2,047
Career W-L	240–130	825–170
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 2 – 1 Serena Williams

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Ons Jabeur	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Caroline Garcia	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2021	F	Jennifer Brady	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Simona Halep	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Anastasia Potapova	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Nina Stojanovic	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Laura Siegemund	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data