Samantha Stosur vs Serena Williams — Beijing Quarter-final

Beijing · WTA · Quarter-final
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2014
hard
USA1
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
Stosur S.
vs
Williams S.

Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams in the Beijing quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 8–3, defending the title. Samantha Stosur narrowed the head-to-head to 8–4.

Head to head

3–8
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-08-11CincinnatiR32hardSerena Williams7-6(7) 7-6(7)
2014-08-04MontrealR32hardSerena Williams6-0 6-2
2012-04-02CharlestonSFclaySerena Williams6-1 6-1
2012-03-19MiamiR16hardSerena Williams7-5 6-3
2011-08-29US OpenFhardSamantha Stosur6-2 6-3
2011-08-08TorontoFhardSerena Williams6-4 6-2
2010-05-24Roland GarrosQFclaySamantha Stosur6-2 6-7(2) 8-6
2010-01-18Australian OpenR16hardSerena Williams6-4 6-2
2009-07-27StanfordQFhardSamantha Stosur6-2 3-6 6-2
2009-01-12SydneyR32hardSerena Williams6-3 6-7(4) 7-5
2008-08-11OlympicsR32hardSerena Williams6-2 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Stosur S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Williams S.serving88% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Stosur 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
Stosur S.Williams S.
1st serve in·Even
61%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
64%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
46%
Break points saved·Even
57%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.0
7.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.0
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (197 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Stosur S.Williams S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
45
95
Break points saved·Slight edge
85
94
Break points won·Dominant
61
96
Deciding sets·Dominant
45
98
Tiebreaks·Dominant
47
95

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°CClear
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 44%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.[4]
Kvitova P.[3]
6-42-66-3
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.[3]
Stosur S.
6-35-76-2
Sharapova M.[4]
Ivanovic A.[9]
6-06-4
Quarter-finals
Sharapova M.[4]
Kuznetsova S.
6-06-4
Stosur S.
Williams S.[1]
DEF
Kvitova P.[3]
Vinci R.
7-626-4
Ivanovic A.[9]
Halep S.[2]
DEF
R16
Vinci R.
Makarova K.[12]
6-10-67-5
Kuznetsova S.
Kerber A.[7]
2-66-46-3
Kvitova P.[3]
Williams V.[16]
DEF
Sharapova M.[4]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-17-63
Halep S.[2]
Petkovic A.[15]
7-645-77-61
Williams S.[1]
Safarova L.[13]
6-11-66-2
Ivanovic A.[9]
Lisicki S.
6-37-5
Stosur S.
Cornet A.
6-46-2
R32
Makarova K.[12]
Hercog P.
7-56-0
Cornet A.
Davis L.
6-26-1
Stosur S.
Wozniacki C.[6]
6-47-69
Vinci R.
Radwanska A.[5]
6-46-4
Sharapova M.[4]
Svitolina E.
6-26-2
Williams V.[16]
Garcia C.
6-46-3
Safarova L.[13]
Barthel M.
6-36-3
Petkovic A.[15]
Keys M.
6-26-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Pennetta F.[14]
6-13-66-2
Halep S.[2]
Zhu L.
7-56-4
Williams S.[1]
Pironkova T.
6-26-3
Lisicki S.
Bouchard E.[8]
6-26-4
Ivanovic A.[9]
Oprandi R.
6-46-2
Kvitova P.[3]
Peng S.
6-46-2
Kerber A.[7]
Diyas Z.
6-36-1
Kuznetsova S.
Nara K.
6-36-1
R64
Williams V.[16]
Watson H.
6-36-1
Zhu L.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-33-3
Peng S.
Zhang K.
6-46-1
Diyas Z.
Koukalova K.
6-16-4
Safarova L.[13]
Giorgi C.
7-636-4
Makarova K.[12]
Muguruza G.
6-786-46-4
Vinci R.
Shvedova Y.
6-22-66-1
Radwanska A.[5]
Vandeweghe C.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Flipkens K.
6-26-4
Oprandi R.
Jovanovski B.
6-26-4
Petkovic A.[15]
Niculescu M.
2-67-686-4
Pennetta F.[14]
Mchale C.
7-636-4
Hercog P.
Pliskova K.
6-42-66-2
Davis L.
Xu Y.
6-36-3
Nara K.
Errani S.[11]
3-66-36-4
Kuznetsova S.
Hantuchova D.
6-21-1
Pironkova T.
Kirilenko M.
6-46-1
Williams S.[1]
Soler Espinosa S.
7-56-2
Lisicki S.
Xu S.
4-66-26-0
Ivanovic A.[9]
Bencic B.
6-26-1
Keys M.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-36-737-5
Garcia C.
Zhang S.
6-16-4
Kerber A.[7]
Dellacqua C.
6-13-66-3
Stosur S.
Schiavone F.
6-46-2
Halep S.[2]
Strycova B.
6-16-4
Sharapova M.[4]
Kanepi K.
6-46-1
Cornet A.
Jankovic J.[10]
7-53-66-4
Barthel M.
Mattek Sands B.
4-66-16-4