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Serena Williams #4 def. Sorana Cirstea #43

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 2012*
Tournament	Stanford
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Sorana Cirstea

Stat	Serena Williams	Sorana Cirstea
Aces	3	4
Double faults	4	8
First serve %	38	37
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	69	31
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	74	46
Return points won %	54	26
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Sorana Cirstea
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 7, 1990
Age	30	22
Height	175	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	43
Ranking points (entering)	7,360	1,366
Elo (entering)	2,171	1,736
Career W-L	825–170	373–343
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$12,527,864

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Sorana Cirstea

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2012	QF	Chanelle Scheepers	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2012	R16	Nicole Gibbs	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2012	F	Coco Vandeweghe	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sorana Cirstea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2012	QF	Dominika Cibulkova	6-7(5) 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2012	R16	Saisai Zheng	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2012	R32	Vania King	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data