Serena Williams #181 def. Julia Goerges #13

6-2 6-4

Serena Williams defeated Julia Goerges 6-2 6-4 in the 2018 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 14, 2018*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 2018
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Julia Goerges
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Nov 2, 1988
Age	36	29
Height	175 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	181	13
Ranking points (entering)	315	3,210
Elo (entering)	2,171	1,926
Current career W-L	837–172	311–251
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$9,913,954

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #181 3 – 0 Julia Goerges #13

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Camila Giorgi #52	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2018	QF
Evgeniya Rodina #120	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 2018	R16
Kristina Mladenovic #62	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 8, 2018	R32
Viktoriya Tomova #135	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2018	R64
Arantxa Rus #105	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 2018	R128

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Angelique Kerber #10	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 2018	F

Julia Goerges's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kiki Bertens #20	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2018	QF
Donna Vekic #55	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 2018	R16
Barbora Strycova #23	7-6(3) 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 8, 2018	R32
Vera Lapko #82	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2018	R64
Monica Puig #72	6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 2018	R128