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Elena Rybakina #22 def. Serena Williams #8

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2021*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Elena Rybakina
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Elena Rybakina	Serena Williams
Aces	4	2
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	69	59
Second serve points won %	52	41
Break points saved %	40	29
Break points converted %	71	60
Service points won %	62	51
Return points won %	49	38
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Rybakina	Serena Williams
Country	KAZ	USA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1999	Sep 26, 1981
Age	21	39
Height	184	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,683	4,821
Elo (entering)	1,822	2,000
Career W-L	296–125	825–170
Career earnings	$29,098,922	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Elena Rybakina 0 – 0 Serena Williams

Path

Elena Rybakina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2021	R32	Elena Vesnina	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2021	R64	Nao Hibino	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2021	R128	Elsa Jacquemot	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Rybakina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2021	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7-6(2) 2-6 7-9	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2021	R32	Danielle Collins	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2021	R64	Mihaela Buzarnescu	6-3 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2021	R128	Irina-Camelia Begu	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data