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Serena Williams #1 def. Sloane Stephens #16

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2013*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Sloane Stephens

Stat	Serena Williams	Sloane Stephens
Aces	6	0
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	62	66
First serve points won %	84	57
Second serve points won %	58	32
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	74	49
Return points won %	51	26
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Sloane Stephens
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Mar 20, 1993
Age	31	20
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	12,260	2,925
Elo (entering)	2,290	1,853
Career W-L	825–170	298–240
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$19,347,815

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 1 Sloane Stephens

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2013	R32	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2013	R64	Galina Voskoboeva	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2013	R128	Francesca Schiavone	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2013	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Sloane Stephens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2013	R32	Jamie Hampton	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2013	R64	Urszula Radwanska	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2013	R128	Mandy Minella	4-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data