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Na Li v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on titles. Li’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Li 524 matches, Williams 1,002 matches.
Williams has 72 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Li’s 9 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Williams has 23 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Li’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches).
Williams averages 6.1 aces a match to Li’s 1.6 — 3.7 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 85%, Li’s team won 69% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Williams has 1,002 matches across 27 seasons, Li 524 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles): 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.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.09 total · best 1Titlesper game0.172 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.023 total · best 1
67.4First serve in %60.3
63.8First-serve points won %74.2
57.3Break points saved %62.1
46.5Return points won %46.9
Head to head
112 matches 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.
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1.6807 total · best 11
Acesper game
6.14,649 total · best 24
11.96,216 total · best 18Games wonper game12.412,406 total · best 21
48.8Break points converted %48.2
65.8Sets won %79.3
56.5Games won %62.1
0.121 total · best 1Finalsper game0.197 total · best 1
1.5784 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.81,754 total · best 2
0.8408 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5457 total · best 2
9.14,789 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better7.57,560 total · best 20
0.2114 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2178 total · best 3
7-5 6-3
18 Jan 2010 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 7-6(4) 7-6(1)
27 July 2009 · Stanford · Round of 32 · HardWilliams won 6-3 7-6(6)
23 Mar 2009 · Miami · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2
