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Samantha Stosur v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Stosur’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Stosur 68 matches, Williams 62 matches.
Williams averages 7.5 aces a match to Stosur’s 3.3 — 2.3 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 4.2 matches to Stosur’s 0.9.
Williams averages 5.8 games lost a match to Stosur’s 10.2.
Williams ranks 1st of 29 in WTA Tour 2012 for titles per match.
Williams ranks 1st of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 94%, Stosur’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 29
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
65.1#20 of 84First serve in %60.2#56 of 84
67.1#15 of 84First-serve points won %78.5★ #1 of 84
60.2#7 of 84Break points saved %68.7★ #1 of 84
42.2#67 of 84Return points won %48.3#6 of 84
Head to head
311 matches since 20088
Hard · 9 matchesStosur 2Williams 7
Clay · 2 matchesStosur 1Williams 1
Grand Slams · 3 matchesStosur 2Williams 1
Finals · 2 matchesStosur 1Williams 1
Last meetings
11 Aug 2014 · Cincinnati · Round of 32 · HardWilliams won 7-6(7) 7-6(7)
4 Aug 2014 · Montreal · Round of 32 · HardWilliams won 6-0 6-2