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Serena Williams #11 def. Patty Schnyder #16

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2004*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Patty Schnyder

Stat	Serena Williams	Patty Schnyder
Aces	12	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	55	69
First serve points won %	81	65
Second serve points won %	60	40
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Patty Schnyder
Country	USA	SUI
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Dec 14, 1978
Age	22	25
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,995	1,641
Elo (entering)	2,230	1,784
Career W-L	825–170	492–346
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$8,570,479

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 5 – 1 Patty Schnyder

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2004	R32	Tatiana Golovin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2004	R64	Lindsay Lee-Waters	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2004	R128	Sandra Kleinova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2004	QF	Jennifer Capriati	6-2 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patty Schnyder's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2004	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 4-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2004	R64	Iveta Benesova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2004	R128	Roberta Vinci	7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data