F Gold Coast 2008

Na Li #29 def. Victoria Azarenka #30

4-6 6-3 6-4

Na Li defeated Victoria Azarenka 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2008 Gold Coast final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatNa LiVictoria Azarenka
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
60
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
96
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.1%58.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
64.6%62.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
44.4%36.8%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
61.5%60.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.4%51.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
40.0%38.5%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.4%43.6%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.7%47.3%
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.
+0.7-4.0
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.
+4.0-0.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldNa LiVictoria Azarenka
Country CHN BLR
Birth dateFeb 26, 1982Jul 31, 1989
Age2518
Height172 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2930
Ranking points (entering)937928
Elo (entering)1,8781,855
Current career W-L338–159582–268
Current career earnings$16,709,074$38,890,473
Pre-match H2H
Na Li #29 0 0 Victoria Azarenka #30

Path

Na Li's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Patty Schnyder #163-6 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 5, 2008SF
Nicole Vaidisova #126-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 5, 2008QF
Monique Adamczak #1586-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 4, 2008R16
Sybille Bammer #196-4 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 3, 2008R32

Na Li's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Shahar Peer #176-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 5, 2008SF
Dominika Cibulkova #516-1 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 5, 2008QF
Yuliana Fedak #1236-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 4, 2008R16
Ai Sugiyama #386-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 3, 2008R32