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Serena Williams #6 def. Martina Hingis #1

6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1999*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 7-6
Loser	Martina Hingis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Martina Hingis
Country	USA	SUI
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 30, 1980
Age	17	18
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,154	5,654
Elo (entering)	2,176	2,304
Career W-L	825–170	515–126
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$24,749,074

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 3 Martina Hingis

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1999	SF	Lindsay Davenport	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1999	QF	Monica Seles	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1999	R16	Conchita Martínez	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Kim Clijsters	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1999	R64	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Kimberly Po Messerli	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Martina Hingis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1999	SF	Venus Williams	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1999	QF	Anke Huber	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1999	R16	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Sandra Kloesel	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1999	R64	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Kveta Peschke	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data