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

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
62
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
15
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
56.9%64.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
93.1%54.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
36.4%47.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%55.6%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
68.6%51.9%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
44.4%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.1%31.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.1%41.9%
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.
+12.8-4.0
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.
+4.0-12.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2011 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Country USA BLR
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jul 31, 1989
Age2922
Height175 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)804
Ranking points (entering)8106,115
Elo (entering)2,1631,995
Current career W-L837–172582–268
Current career earnings$94,966,162$38,890,473
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Lucie Safarova #324-6 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 13, 2011QF
Jie Zheng #824-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 12, 2011R16
Julia Goerges #206-1 7-6(7)WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 2011R32
Alona Bondarenko #1266-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 10, 2011R64

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Samantha Stosur #116-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 14, 2011F

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Galina Voskoboeva #1356-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 13, 2011QF
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #376-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 12, 2011R16
Stéphanie Dubois #1086-0 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 2011R32