QF US Open 2018

Serena Williams #26 def. Karolina Pliskova #8

6-4 6-3

Serena Williams defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-3 in the 2018 US Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsKarolina Pliskova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
133
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
50
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
66.7%65.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
70.8%56.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.8%47.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
83.3%42.9%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
62.5%53.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
57.1%16.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
46.7%37.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.3%44.7%
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.
+5.8-3.4
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.
+3.4-5.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2018 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsKarolina Pliskova
Country USA CZE
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Mar 21, 1992
Age3626
Height175 cm186 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)268
Ranking points (entering)1,6764,105
Elo (entering)2,1211,943
Current career W-L837–172430–248
Current career earnings$94,948,662$26,988,922
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kaia Kanepi #446-0 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2018R16
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
Anastasija Sevastova #186-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 8, 2018SF

Karolina Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ashleigh Barty #176-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2018R16
Sofia Kenin #656-4 7-6(2)WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2018R32
Ana Bogdan #836-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 30, 2018R64
Zarina Diyas #606-4 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2018R128