R16 US Open 2018

Serena Williams #26 def. Kaia Kanepi #44

6-0 4-6 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-0 4-6 6-3 in the 2018 US Open fourth round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsKaia Kanepi
Aces184
Double faults43
First serve %55.0%63.0%
First serve points won %81.0%53.0%
Second serve points won %54.0%56.0%
Break points saved %33.0%29.0%
Break points converted %71.0%67.0%
Service points won %69.0%54.0%
Return points won %46.0%31.0%
Total points won %58.0%42.0%

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsKaia Kanepi
Country USA EST
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jun 10, 1985
Age3633
Height175 cm179 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2644
Ranking points (entering)1,6761,239
Elo (entering)2,1171,781
Current career W-L837–172264–236
Current career earnings$94,948,662$8,492,308
Pre-match H2H
Serena Williams #26 4 0 Kaia Kanepi #44

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Venus Williams #166-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2018R32
Carina Witthoeft #1016-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 30, 2018R64
Magda Linette #686-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2018R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Karolina Pliskova #86-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2018QF

Kaia Kanepi's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Rebecca Peterson #616-3 7-6(3)WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2018R32
Jil Teichmann #1686-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 30, 2018R64
Simona Halep #16-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2018R128