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Serena Williams #2 def. Flavia Pennetta #10

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Serena Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	7	0
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	86	79
Second serve points won %	55	41
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	74	63
Return points won %	37	26
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 25, 1982
Age	27	27
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	10
Ranking points (entering)	8,907	3,490
Elo (entering)	2,073	1,982
Career W-L	825–170	418–272
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 1 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Melinda Czink	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Alexa Glatch	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2009	SF	Kim Clijsters	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Vera Zvonareva	3-6 7-6(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Sania Mirza	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data