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Sloane Stephens #3 def. Elise Mertens #15

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sloane Stephens
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Sloane Stephens	Elise Mertens
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	83	56
First serve points won %	73	46
Second serve points won %	33	52
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	66	48
Return points won %	52	34
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sloane Stephens	Elise Mertens
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Mar 20, 1993	Nov 17, 1995
Age	25	22
Height	170	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	15
Ranking points (entering)	5,482	2,940
Elo (entering)	1,952	1,906
Career W-L	298–240	311–199
Career earnings	$19,347,815	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Sloane Stephens 0 – 1 Elise Mertens

Path

Sloane Stephens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Anhelina Kalinina	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Evgeniya Rodina	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Sloane Stephens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Anastasija Sevastova	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Barbora Strycova	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Vera Lapko	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Kurumi Nara	6-2 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data