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Serena Williams #10 def. Lucie Safarova #26

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 8, 2012*
Tournament	Charleston
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-0 6-1
Loser	Lucie Safarova

Stat	Serena Williams	Lucie Safarova
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	53	62
First serve points won %	80	39
Second serve points won %	64	36
Break points saved %	100	17
Break points converted %	83	0
Service points won %	72	38
Return points won %	62	28
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Lucie Safarova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 4, 1987
Age	30	25
Height	175	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	26
Ranking points (entering)	3,830	2,005
Elo (entering)	2,116	1,829
Career W-L	825–170	351–270
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$12,656,891

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 0 Lucie Safarova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	SF	Samantha Stosur	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	QF	Sabine Lisicki	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Marina Erakovic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Elena Vesnina	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	SF	Polona Hercog	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2012	QF	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 2012	R16	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-2 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2012	R32	Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data