QF US Open 2016

Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #5

6-2 4-6 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the 2016 US Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 2016*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2016
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	18	1
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	57.0%	65.0%
First serve points won %	77.0%	64.0%
Second serve points won %	51.0%	39.0%
Break points saved %	78.0%	80.0%
Break points converted %	20.0%	22.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	55.0%
Return points won %	45.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	34	24
Height	175 cm	168 cm
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)	2,227	2,037
Current career W-L	837–172	449–201
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #1 7 – 2 Simona Halep #5

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yaroslava Shvedova #52	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2016	R16
Johanna Larsson #47	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 2016	R32
Vania King #87	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2016	R64
Ekaterina Makarova #29	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2016	R128

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karolina Pliskova #11	2-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 2016	SF

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carla Suárez Navarro #12	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2016	R16
Timea Babos #34	6-1 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 2016	R32
Lucie Safarova #44	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2016	R64
Kirsten Flipkens #56	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2016	R128