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Venus Williams #9 def. Petra Kvitova #14

6-3 3-6 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2017*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-3 3-6 7-6(2)
Loser	Petra Kvitova

Stat	Venus Williams	Petra Kvitova
Aces	5	8
Double faults	7	9
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	67	71
Second serve points won %	61	47
Break points saved %	25	73
Break points converted %	27	75
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Petra Kvitova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Mar 8, 1990
Age	37	27
Height	185	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	14
Ranking points (entering)	4,216	3,120
Elo (entering)	1,939	1,930
Career W-L	768–288	501–258
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$37,653,615

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 1 – 5 Petra Kvitova

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Maria Sakkari	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Oceane Dodin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2017	SF	Sloane Stephens	1-6 6-0 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Kvitova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Caroline Garcia	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Alizé Cornet	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Jelena Jankovic	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data