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Serena Williams #1 def. Elina Svitolina #20

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2016*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Serena Williams	Elina Svitolina
Aces	8	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	51	62
First serve points won %	72	38
Second serve points won %	50	19
Break points saved %	88	25
Break points converted %	75	12
Service points won %	61	31
Return points won %	69	39
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Elina Svitolina
Country	USA	UKR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 12, 1994
Age	34	21
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	20
Ranking points (entering)	9,030	2,416
Elo (entering)	2,181	1,791
Career W-L	825–170	429–227
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 0 Elina Svitolina

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2016	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2016	R64	Teliana Pereira	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2016	R128	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2016	QF	Yulia Putintseva	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2016	R32	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2016	R64	Taylor Townsend	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2016	R128	Sorana Cirstea	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data