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Serena Williams #4 def. Sara Errani #10

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Sara Errani

Stat	Serena Williams	Sara Errani
Aces	9	0
First serve %	65	82
First serve points won %	92	51
Second serve points won %	57	40
Break points saved %	—	60
Break points converted %	40	—
Service points won %	80	49
Return points won %	51	20
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Sara Errani
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 29, 1987
Age	30	25
Height	175	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	10
Ranking points (entering)	7,300	3,860
Elo (entering)	2,168	1,947
Career W-L	825–170	384–299
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$17,994,211

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 0 Sara Errani

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2012	QF	Ana Ivanovic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Andrea Sestini Hlavackova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Coco Vandeweghe	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2012	F	Victoria Azarenka	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Errani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2012	QF	Roberta Vinci	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Angelique Kerber	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Olga Puchkova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Vera Dushevina	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-3 6-7(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data