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Ekaterina Makarova #56 def. Serena Williams #12

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ekaterina Makarova
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Ekaterina Makarova	Serena Williams
Aces	—	9
Double faults	—	7
First serve %	—	52
First serve points won %	—	71
Second serve points won %	—	31
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	—	50
Service points won %	—	52
Return points won %	—	37
Total points won %	—	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ekaterina Makarova	Serena Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 7, 1988	Sep 26, 1981
Age	23	30
Height	180	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	56	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,114	3,300
Elo (entering)	1,670	2,136
Career W-L	248–222	825–170
Career earnings	$13,229,362	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Ekaterina Makarova 0 – 1 Serena Williams

Path

Ekaterina Makarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Vera Zvonareva	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Kaia Kanepi	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-0 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ekaterina Makarova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2012	QF	Maria Sharapova	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Greta Arn	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Barbora Strycova	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Tamira Paszek	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data