SF US Open 2016

Karolina Pliskova #11 def. Serena Williams #1

6-2 7-6(5)

Karolina Pliskova defeated Serena Williams 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2016 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKarolina PliskovaSerena Williams
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
75
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
76
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
56.1%53.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
83.8%65.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
37.9%51.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
63.6%59.1%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
40.9%36.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.3%47.7%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+7.3+2.8
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-2.8-7.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2016 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKarolina PliskovaSerena Williams
Country CZE USA
Birth dateMar 21, 1992Sep 26, 1981
Age2434
Height186 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)111
Ranking points (entering)3,1357,050
Elo (entering)1,9362,235
Current career W-L430–248837–172
Current career earnings$27,178,922$94,966,162
Pre-match H2H

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ana Konjuh #926-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 8, 2016QF
Venus Williams #64-6 6-4 7-6(3)WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2016R16
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #186-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2016R32
Montserrat Gonzalez #1926-1 7-5WH2HMatch dataSep 1, 2016R64
Sofia Kenin #2436-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2016R128

Karolina Pliskova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Angelique Kerber #23-6 6-4 4-6LH2HMatch dataSep 11, 2016F

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Simona Halep #56-2 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 8, 2016QF
Yaroslava Shvedova #526-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2016R16
Johanna Larsson #476-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2016R32
Vania King #876-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 1, 2016R64
Ekaterina Makarova #296-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2016R128