Li v Williams
WTA Tour 2012
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Serena Williams takes it, 13–1 on categories
Williams wins on titles. Li’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Li 62 matches, Williams 62 matches.
- Williams has 7 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Li’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 78.5 to Li’s 64.2.
- Williams averages 7.5 aces a match to Li’s 1.9 — 4 times as many.
- 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 %.
- Li ranks 5th of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 94%, Li’s team won 73% 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.
- 0.01 total · best 1#27 of 29Titlesper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 29
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 68.2#5 of 84First serve in %60.2#56 of 84
- 64.2#36 of 84First-serve points won %78.5★ #1 of 84
- 59.5#8 of 84Break points saved %68.7★ #1 of 84
- 46.4#18 of 84Return points won %
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 2012.
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