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Serena Williams #1 def. Yaroslava Shvedova #52

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2016*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Yaroslava Shvedova

Stat	Serena Williams	Yaroslava Shvedova
Aces	11	3
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	65	60
First serve points won %	93	59
Second serve points won %	50	44
Break points saved %	—	62
Break points converted %	38	—
Service points won %	78	53
Return points won %	47	22
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Yaroslava Shvedova
Country	USA	KAZ
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 12, 1987
Age	34	28
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	52
Ranking points (entering)	7,050	1,037
Elo (entering)	2,193	1,660
Career W-L	825–170	141–175
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$6,717,224

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 0 Yaroslava Shvedova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Johanna Larsson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Vania King	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Ekaterina Makarova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2016	QF	Simona Halep	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yaroslava Shvedova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Shuai Zhang	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Qiang Wang	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Lara Arruabarrena	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data