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Samantha Stosur v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on break points saved %. Stosur’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2020: Stosur 4 matches, Williams 22 matches.
Williams has the better break points saved %: 66.9 to Stosur’s 44.8.
Williams averages 8.6 aces a match to Stosur’s 2.3 — 3.8 times as many.
Williams averages 14.1 games won a match to Stosur’s 7.8 (82% more).
Williams ranks 3rd of 74 in WTA Tour 2020 for first-serve points won %.
Longevity: Williams has 22 matches, Stosur 4 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Small sample: Stosur (4 matches) — treat the averages with care.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.11 total · best 1#13 of 17
69.6First serve in %59.9#58 of 74
62.5First-serve points won %72.7★ #3 of 74
44.8Break points saved %66.9★ #2 of 74
37.2Return points won %43.5#42 of 74
2.39 total · best 5Acesper game8.6189 total · best 20★ #1 of 74
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