Serena Williams #7 def. Julia Vakulenko #41

7-5 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Julia Vakulenko 7-5 6-2 in the 2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsJulia Vakulenko
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
101
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
02
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
61.4%56.9%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
74.3%63.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
31.8%24.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
40.0%25.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.9%46.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
75.0%60.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
53.4%42.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.7%44.3%
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.
+1.9-9.5
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.
+9.4-1.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2007 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsJulia Vakulenko
Country USA UKR
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jul 10, 1983
Age2624
Height175 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)741
Ranking points (entering)2,391685
Elo (entering)2,1441,668
Current career W-L837–17251–76
Current career earnings$94,966,162$869,480
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Zuzana Ondraskova #1406-0 6-0WH2HMatch dataOct 4, 2007R32

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Svetlana Kuznetsova #23-6 3-6LH2HMatch dataOct 6, 2007QF

Julia Vakulenko's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Julia Goerges #1356-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 4, 2007R32