Serena Williams vs Sara Errani — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2009
hard
ITA
Sara Errani
39 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
Williams S.
6-1 6-2
Errani S.
Williams S.
662
Errani S.
12–

Serena Williams defeated Sara Errani 6-1 6-2 in the Sydney round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 8–0. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 9–0.

Key context

Head to head

8–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-05-25Roland GarrosQFclaySerena Williams6-1 6-3
2015-04-18Fed Cup WG PO: ITA vs USARRclaySerena Williams4-6 7-6(3) 6-3
2014-05-12RomeFclaySerena Williams6-3 6-0
2013-05-27Roland GarrosSFclaySerena Williams6-0 6-1
2013-05-06MadridSFclaySerena Williams7-5 6-2
2012-08-27US OpenSFhardSerena Williams6-1 6-2
2009-02-16DubaiR32hardSerena Williams4-6 6-2 6-0
2008-05-12RomeR16claySerena Williams6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Errani S.

Errani S.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Errani S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
60%
78%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
74%
55%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
42%
Service points won·Clear edge
64%
52%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Clear edge
61%
49%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
0.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
2.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Errani S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
36
Break points saved·Dominant
94
8
Break points won·Even
96
98
Deciding sets·Clear edge
98
78
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
34

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
6-32-66-1
Semi-finals
Safina D.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-63
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Kuznetsova S.
W/O
Dementieva E.
Radwanska A.
6-25-76-4
Williams S.
Wozniacki C.
6-756-37-63
Safina D.
Cornet A.
6-36-4
R16
Wozniacki C.
South M.
6-26-0
Williams S.
Errani S.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Gajdosova J.
6-26-4
Radwanska A.
Hantuchova D.
6-37-5
Kuznetsova S.
Kanepi K.
6-22-67-63
Sugiyama A.
Medina Garrigues A.
2-66-16-2
Cornet A.
Kleybanova A.
7-656-1
Safina D.
Dushevina V.
6-36-0
R32
South M.
Bartoli M.
1-1
Errani S.
Dellacqua C.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Cibulkova D.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Makarova K.
7-56-1
Gajdosova J.
Knapp K.
6-46-2
Hantuchova D.
Koukalova K.
6-36-0
Radwanska A.
Bammer S.
6-46-3
Williams S.
Stosur S.
6-36-747-5
Kuznetsova S.
Peng S.
3-66-16-3
Kanepi K.
Kerber A.
6-17-5
Sugiyama A.
Craybas J.
6-26-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Yakimova A.
6-13-66-3
Cornet A.
Petrova N.
6-26-4
Dushevina V.
Starr E.
6-06-1
Safina D.
Cirstea S.
6-26-1
Kleybanova A.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-2