Serena Williams vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 January 2010
hard
ESP
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
43 yrs · 176 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWLLLW
Williams S.
6-1 6-2
Martinez Sanchez M.
Williams S.
662
Martinez Sanchez M.
12–

Serena Williams defeated Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 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 3–0, defending last year's semi-final. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-08-27US OpenR64hardSerena Williams6-2 6-4
2009-08-31US OpenR32hardSerena Williams6-3 7-5
2009-05-25Roland GarrosR32claySerena Williams4-6 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Martinez Sanchez M.

Martinez Sanchez M.serving69% hold

wins 58% 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.Martinez Sanchez M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
46%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
2.9
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 99). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Martinez Sanchez M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
43
Break points saved·Clear edge
94
71
Break points won·Dominant
96
67
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
42
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
65

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.
Williams S.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Rezai A.
3-67-56-4
Dementieva E.
Azarenka V.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Azarenka V.
Cibulkova D.
2-66-27-5
Rezai A.
Pennetta F.
6-36-0
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
6-26-3
Williams S.
Dushevina V.
6-26-2
R16
Azarenka V.
Date Krumm K.
6-15-77-5
Williams S.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Hantuchova D.
6-24-66-2
Dushevina V.
Vesnina E.
6-36-4
Pennetta F.
Li N.
6-27-64
Rezai A.
Szavay A.
6-37-65
Safina D.
Radwanska A.
7-56-4
Cibulkova D.
Kuznetsova S.
7-56-2
R32
Vesnina E.
Zvonareva V.
3-3
Dementieva E.
Schiavone F.
6-27-5
Kuznetsova S.
Kleybanova A.
6-26-737-5
Cibulkova D.
Bacsinszky T.
7-626-1
Date Krumm K.
Petrova N.
6-35-76-4
Azarenka V.
Lisicki S.
3-66-27-5
Szavay A.
Jankovic J.
5-76-17-5
Rezai A.
Groenefeld A.
6-736-26-2
Pennetta F.
Stosur S.
6-36-1
Li N.
Wozniacki C.
2-66-36-2
Dushevina V.
Dellacqua C.
6-26-2
Martinez Sanchez M.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-3
Radwanska A.
Craybas J.
6-06-4
Hantuchova D.
Razzano V.
6-36-0