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Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #5

6-2 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2016*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 4-6 6-3
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	18	1
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	57	65
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	51	39
Break points saved %	78	80
Break points converted %	20	22
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	34	24
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	7,050	5,151
Elo (entering)	2,194	2,034
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 7 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2016	R16	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-2 6-3	W	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 10, 2016	SF	Karolina Pliskova	2-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2016	R16	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Timea Babos	6-1 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Lucie Safarova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Kirsten Flipkens	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data