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Serena Williams #181 def. Julia Goerges #13

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 2018*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Julia Goerges

Stat	Serena Williams	Julia Goerges
Aces	5	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	62	58
First serve points won %	87	59
Second serve points won %	47	43
Break points saved %	67	20
Break points converted %	80	33
Service points won %	72	52
Return points won %	48	28
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Julia Goerges
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	—
Age	36	—
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	181	13
Ranking points (entering)	315	3,210
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,940
Career W-L	825–170	304–249
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$9,913,953

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 0 Julia Goerges

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2018	QF	Camila Giorgi	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Evgeniya Rodina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Viktoriya Tomova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Arantxa Rus	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2018	F	Angelique Kerber	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Julia Goerges's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2018	QF	Kiki Bertens	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Donna Vekic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Barbora Strycova	7-6(3) 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Vera Lapko	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Monica Puig	6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data