SF Canadian Open 2011

Serena Williams #80 def. Victoria Azarenka #4

6-3 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-3 in the 2011 Canadian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 13, 2011*
Tournament: Canadian Open
Edition: 2011
Category: Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	6	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	57.0%	65.0%
First serve points won %	93.0%	54.0%
Second serve points won %	36.0%	47.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	56.0%
Break points converted %	44.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	52.0%
Return points won %	48.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Country	USA	BLR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 31, 1989
Age	29	22
Height	175 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	80	4
Ranking points (entering)	810	6,115
Elo (entering)	2,163	1,995
Current career W-L	837–172	582–268
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #80 4 – 1 Victoria Azarenka #4

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lucie Safarova #32	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 2011	QF
Jie Zheng #82	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 2011	R16
Julia Goerges #20	6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 2011	R32
Alona Bondarenko #126	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 2011	R64

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Samantha Stosur #11	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 2011	F

Victoria Azarenka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Galina Voskoboeva #135	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 2011	QF
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #37	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 2011	R16
Stéphanie Dubois #108	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 2011	R32