Li v Williams
WTA Tour 2007
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Serena Williams takes it, 10–2 on categories
Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Li’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2007: Li 34 matches, Williams 45 matches.
- Li has the better first serve in %: 71.7 to Williams’s 60.
- Williams averages 5.8 aces a match to Li’s 1.4 — 4 times as many.
- Williams averages a sets lost every 2 matches to Li’s 0.9.
- Li ranks 3rd of 68 in WTA Tour 2007 for first serve in %.
- Williams ranks 6th of 26 in WTA Tour 2007 for titles per match.
- Williams ranks 9th of 68 in WTA Tour 2007 for first-serve points won %.
- Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 78%, Li’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
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 game0.02 total · best 1#6 of 26
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 71.7★ #3 of 68First serve in %60.0#51 of 68
- 61.3#44 of 68First-serve points won %69.1#9 of 68
- 54.2#43 of 68Break points saved %56.2#25 of 68
- 45.7#23 of 68Return points won %46.3#16 of 68
Head to head
112 matches
since 200611
since 200611
- Hard · 11 matchesLi 1Williams 10
- Grass · 1 matchLi 0Williams 1
- Grand Slams · 4 matchesLi 0Williams 4
- Finals · 2 matchesLi 0Williams 2
Last meetings
- 17 Mar 2014 · Miami · Final · HardWilliams won 7-5 6-1
- 21 Oct 2013 · WTA Championships · Final · HardWilliams won 2-6 6-3 6-0
- 26 Aug 2013 · US Open · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 6-0 6-3
- 12 Aug 2013 · Cincinnati · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 7-5 7-5
- 18 Mar 2013 · Miami · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-3 7-6(5)
- 22 Oct 2012 · WTA Championships · Round robin · HardWilliams won 7-6(2) 6-3
- 21 June 2010 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassWilliams won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2007.
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