R64 US Open 2008

Serena Williams #3 def. Elena Vesnina #71

6-1 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Elena Vesnina 6-1 6-1 in the 2008 US Open second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsElena Vesnina
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
16
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
53
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
44.4%72.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
55.0%71.9%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
20.0%41.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
25.0%75.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
35.6%63.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
25.0%75.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
36.4%64.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
36.0%64.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-20.1+8.0
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-8.0+20.1

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsElena Vesnina
Country USA RUS
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Aug 1, 1986
Age2622
Height175 cm176 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)371
Ranking points (entering)3,341467
Elo (entering)2,1131,574
Current career W-L837–172263–261
Current career earnings$94,948,662$13,058,021
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kateryna Volodko #466-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 27, 2008R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ai Sugiyama #326-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2008R32

Elena Vesnina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Julia Vakulenko #804-6 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 27, 2008R128