F Indian Wells Open 2016

Victoria Azarenka #15 def. Serena Williams #1

6-4 6-4

Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams 6-4 6-4 in the 2016 Indian Wells Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 20, 2016*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2016
Category: Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Aces	5	6
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	61.0%	55.0%
First serve points won %	86.0%	73.0%
Second serve points won %	36.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	92.0%	25.0%
Break points converted %	75.0%	8.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	60.0%
Return points won %	40.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Sep 26, 1981
Age	26	34
Height	183 cm	175 cm
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)	2,037	2,292
Current career W-L	582–268	837–172
Current career earnings	$38,890,473	$94,948,662

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka #15 3 – 18 Serena Williams #1

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karolina Pliskova #19	7-6(1) 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 2016	SF
Magdalena Rybarikova #97	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 2016	QF
Samantha Stosur #28	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 2016	R16
Shuai Zhang #69	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 2016	R32
Zarina Diyas #87	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 12, 2016	R64

Victoria Azarenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Agnieszka Radwanska #3	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 2016	SF
Simona Halep #5	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 2016	QF
Kateryna Volodko #70	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 2016	R16
Yulia Putintseva #56	7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 2016	R32
Laura Siegemund #79	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 12, 2016	R64