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Serena Williams #26 def. Karolina Pliskova #8

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Serena Williams	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	13	3
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	67	65
First serve points won %	71	56
Second serve points won %	46	48
Break points saved %	83	43
Break points converted %	57	17
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Karolina Pliskova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Mar 21, 1992
Age	36	26
Height	175	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,676	4,105
Elo (entering)	2,083	1,939
Career W-L	825–170	421–241
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 1 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-0 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Venus Williams	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Carina Witthoeft	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Magda Linette	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2018	SF	Anastasija Sevastova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Ashleigh Barty	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Sofia Kenin	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Ana Bogdan	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Zarina Diyas	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data