SF Italian Open 2016

Serena Williams #1 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #35

6-4 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-1 in the 2016 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsIrina-Camelia Begu
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
40
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
23
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.0%67.3%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
63.9%40.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
44.0%44.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
66.7%40.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
55.7%41.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
60.0%33.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
58.2%44.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.9%43.1%
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.
-0.6-14.5
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.
+14.5+0.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2016 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsIrina-Camelia Begu
Country USA ROU
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Aug 26, 1990
Age3425
Height175 cm181 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)135
Ranking points (entering)8,2351,410
Elo (entering)2,2441,796
Current career W-L837–172245–237
Current career earnings$94,948,662$9,074,683
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Svetlana Kuznetsova #196-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 14, 2016QF
Christina Mchale #567-6(7) 6-1WH2HMatch dataMay 13, 2016R16
Anna-Lena Friedsam #506-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 12, 2016R32

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Madison Keys #247-6(5) 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 15, 2016F

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Misaki Doi #456-2 7-6(3)WH2HMatch dataMay 14, 2016QF
Daria Kasatkina #336-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 13, 2016R16
Victoria Azarenka #66-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 12, 2016R32
Margarita Gasparyan #526-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 11, 2016R64