SF US Open 2013

Serena Williams #1 def. Na Li #6

6-0 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Na Li 6-0 6-3 in the 2013 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsNa Li
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
40
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
14
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
63.0%62.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
76.5%50.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.0%41.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
75.0%54.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.8%46.9%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
45.5%25.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
53.1%35.2%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.5%41.5%
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.
+8.9-9.0
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.
+9.0-8.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2013 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsNa Li
Country USA CHN
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Feb 26, 1982
Age3131
Height175 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)16
Ranking points (entering)12,2604,825
Elo (entering)2,3402,024
Current career W-L837–172339–160
Current career earnings$94,966,162$16,709,074
Pre-match H2H
Serena Williams #1 8 – 2 Na Li #6

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Carla Suárez Navarro #206-0 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 5, 2013QF
Sloane Stephens #166-4 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 3, 2013R16
Yaroslava Shvedova #786-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 1, 2013R32
Galina Voskoboeva #776-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2013R64
Francesca Schiavone #546-0 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 28, 2013R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Victoria Azarenka #27-5 6-7(6) 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 8, 2013F

Na Li's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ekaterina Makarova #256-4 6-7(5) 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 5, 2013QF
Jelena Jankovic #126-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 3, 2013R16
Laura Robson #326-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataSep 1, 2013R32
Sofia Arvidsson #1006-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2013R64
Olga Govortsova #886-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 28, 2013R128