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Serena Williams #6 def. Victoria Azarenka #2

6-3 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jul 8, 2012*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 7-6(6)
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	24	1
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	70	72
First serve points won %	82	70
Second serve points won %	52	47
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	73	64
Return points won %	36	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Country	USA	BLR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 31, 1989
Age	30	22
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	5,640	8,800
Elo (entering)	2,142	2,130
Career W-L	825–170	575–266
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 7 – 1 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2012	QF	Petra Kvitova	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2012	R16	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-1 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2012	R32	Jie Zheng	6-7(5) 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2012	R64	Melinda Czink	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2012	R128	Barbora Strycova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2012	F	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-1 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2012	QF	Tamira Paszek	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2012	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2012	R32	Jana Cepelova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2012	R64	Romina Oprandi	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2012	R128	Irina Falconi Hartman	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data