Li v Williams
WTA Tour 2014
Lineball analyst5–10
Serena Williams takes it, 10–5 on categories
Williams wins on titles. Li’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2014: Li 35 matches, Williams 60 matches.
- Williams has 7 titles (one every 8.3 matches) to Li’s 2 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
- Li has 1 grand slam title (one every 33.3 matches) to Williams’ 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches).
- Williams averages 7.2 aces a match to Li’s 1.9 — 3.9 times as many.
- Williams ranks 1st of 88 in WTA Tour 2014 for first-serve points won %.
- Li ranks 3rd of 37 in WTA Tour 2014 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 87%, Li’s team won 80% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Williams has 60 matches, Li 35 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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.
- 0.12 total · best 1★ #3 of 37Titlesper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 37
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 66.1#23 of 88First serve in %59.0#66 of 88
- 64.9#28 of 88First-serve points won %75.4★ #1 of 88
- 60.3#5 of 88Break points saved %62.4★ #2 of 88
- 48.8
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 2014.
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