SF Stanford 2012

Serena Williams #4 def. Sorana Cirstea #43

6-1 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-2 in the 2012 Stanford semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsSorana Cirstea
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
34
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
48
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
38.3%36.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
83.3%71.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
69.0%30.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%55.6%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
74.5%45.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
44.4%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
54.4%25.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
63.5%36.5%
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.
+18.5-10.3
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.
+10.3-18.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2012 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsSorana Cirstea
Country USA ROU
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Apr 7, 1990
Age3022
Height175 cm176 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)443
Ranking points (entering)7,3601,366
Elo (entering)2,2231,735
Current career W-L837–172375–353
Current career earnings$94,966,162$13,169,936
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Chanelle Scheepers #426-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 14, 2012QF
Nicole Gibbs #4036-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 13, 2012R16

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Coco Vandeweghe #1207-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataJul 15, 2012F

Sorana Cirstea's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Dominika Cibulkova #156-7(5) 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 14, 2012QF
Saisai Zheng #1886-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJul 13, 2012R16
Vania King #607-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 12, 2012R32