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Victoria Azarenka #15 def. Serena Williams #1

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2016*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Aces	5	6
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	61	55
First serve points won %	86	73
Second serve points won %	36	44
Break points saved %	92	25
Break points converted %	75	8
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Sep 26, 1981
Age	26	34
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,660	9,245
Elo (entering)	1,993	2,211
Career W-L	575–266	825–170
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 3 – 17 Serena Williams

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2016	SF	Karolina Pliskova	7-6(1) 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2016	QF	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2016	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2016	R32	Shuai Zhang	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R64	Zarina Diyas	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2016	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2016	QF	Simona Halep	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2016	R16	Kateryna Volodko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2016	R32	Yulia Putintseva	7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R64	Laura Siegemund	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data