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Serena Williams #1 def. Lucie Safarova #15

6-1 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 2014*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 1-6 6-2
Loser	Lucie Safarova

Stat	Serena Williams	Lucie Safarova
Aces	11	5
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	69	56
Second serve points won %	42	46
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	58	52
Return points won %	48	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Lucie Safarova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 4, 1987
Age	33	27
Height	175	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	9,430	2,590
Elo (entering)	2,235	1,867
Career W-L	825–170	351–270
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$12,656,891

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 7 – 0 Lucie Safarova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2014	R32	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 2014	R64	Sílvia Soler-Espinosa	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2014	QF	Samantha Stosur	(def.)	L	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2014	R32	Mona Barthel	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 2014	R64	Camila Giorgi	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data