Radwanska v Williams

Serena Williams takes it, 12–1 on categories

Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Radwanska’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Radwanska 255 matches, Williams 1,002 matches.

• Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 74.2 to Radwanska’s 58.
• Williams averages 6.1 aces a match to Radwanska’s 1.4 — 4.3 times as many.
• Williams has the better sets won %: 79.3 to Radwanska’s 44.1.
• Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 85%, Radwanska’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Williams has 1,002 matches across 27 seasons, Radwanska 255 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.