Serena Williams def. Maria Sharapova, 2015 Australian Open Final

Match Information

Date: Jan 31, 2015*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2015
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	18	5
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	4	4
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	64.7%	58.3%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	84.1%	66.7%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	37.5%	46.7%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	75.0%	57.1%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	67.6%	58.3%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	42.9%	25.0%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	41.7%	32.4%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	54.3%	45.7%
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.	+9.4	0.0
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.	0.0	-9.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2015 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	33	27
Height	175 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	8,016	7,335
Elo (entering)	2,283	2,149
Current career W-L	837–172	601–175
Current career earnings	$94,966,162	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #1 16 – 2 Maria Sharapova #2

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Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Madison Keys #35	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 2015	SF
Dominika Cibulkova #10	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2015	QF
Garbiñe Muguruza #24	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2015	R16
Elina Svitolina #26	4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2015	R32
Vera Zvonareva #203	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2015	R64
Alison Van Uytvanck #106	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2015	R128

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maria Sharapova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ekaterina Makarova #11	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 2015	SF
Eugenie Bouchard #7	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2015	QF
Shuai Peng #22	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2015	R16
Zarina Diyas #31	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2015	R32
Alexandra Panova #150	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2015	R64
Petra Martic #184	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2015	R128