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Serena Williams #6 def. Lindsay Davenport #2

6-4 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1999*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 1-6 6-4
Loser	Lindsay Davenport

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 8, 1976
Age	17	23
Height	175	189
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,154	5,201
Elo (entering)	2,155	2,252
Career W-L	825–170	704–190
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$22,166,338

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 1 Lindsay Davenport

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1999	F	Martina Hingis	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Lindsay Davenport's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1999	QF	Mary Pierce	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1999	R16	Julie Halard-Decugis	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Amy Frazier	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1999	R64	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Corina Morariu	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data