SF Australian Open 2021

Naomi Osaka #3 def. Serena Williams #11

6-3 6-4

Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams 6-3 6-4 in the 2021 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatNaomi OsakaSerena Williams
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
63
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
81
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
45.0%46.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
85.2%65.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
48.5%44.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
71.4%0.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
65.0%54.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
100.0%28.6%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
46.0%35.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.4%43.6%
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.
+8.3-2.7
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.
+2.7-8.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2021 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldNaomi OsakaSerena Williams
Country JPN USA
Birth dateOct 16, 1997Sep 26, 1981
Age2339
Height180 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)311
Ranking points (entering)5,9654,265
Elo (entering)2,1472,100
Current career W-L251–136837–172
Current career earnings$26,612,806$94,948,662
Pre-match H2H
Naomi Osaka #3 2 1 Serena Williams #11

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Su-Wei Hsieh #716-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 18, 2021QF
Garbiñe Muguruza #144-6 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch dataFeb 16, 2021R16
Ons Jabeur #306-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2021R32
Caroline Garcia #436-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 11, 2021R64
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #396-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 10, 2021R128

Naomi Osaka's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jennifer Brady #246-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 20, 2021F

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Simona Halep #26-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 18, 2021QF
Aryna Sabalenka #76-4 2-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 16, 2021R16
Anastasia Potapova #1017-6(5) 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2021R32
Nina Stojanovic #996-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataFeb 11, 2021R64
Laura Siegemund #496-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 10, 2021R128