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Victoria Azarenka #1 def. Serena Williams #2

7-6(6) 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 2013*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	7-6(6) 2-6 6-3
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Aces	3	11
Double faults	7	6
First serve %	65	61
First serve points won %	70	69
Second serve points won %	46	45
Break points saved %	57	67
Break points converted %	33	43
Service points won %	61	60
Return points won %	40	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Sep 26, 1981
Age	23	31
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	10,325	9,970
Elo (entering)	2,178	2,249
Career W-L	575–266	825–170
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 1 – 11 Serena Williams

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2013	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2013	QF	Sara Errani	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2013	R16	Christina Mchale	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2013	R32	Romina Oprandi	6-2 6-3	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
Feb 16, 2013	SF	Maria Sharapova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2013	QF	Petra Kvitova	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2013	R16	Urszula Radwanska	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2013	R32	Daria Saville	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data