Samantha Stosur #10 def. Serena Williams #27

6-2 6-3

Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 in the 2011 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 11, 2011*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2011
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Samantha Stosur	Serena Williams
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65	52
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	62	33
Break points saved %	80	44
Break points converted %	56	20
Service points won %	70	48
Return points won %	52	30
Total points won %	60	40

Player Comparison

Field	Samantha Stosur	Serena Williams
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1984	Sep 26, 1981
Age	27	29
Height	175 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	27
Ranking points (entering)	3,880	1,780
Elo (entering)	1,990	2,207
Current career W-L	459–345	837–172
Current career earnings	$20,070,126	$94,948,662

Pre-match H2H

Samantha Stosur #10 3 – 4 Serena Williams #27

Path

Samantha Stosur's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Angelique Kerber #92	6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 2011	SF
Vera Zvonareva #2	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2011	QF
Maria Kirilenko #29	6-2 6-7(15) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2011	R16
Nadia Petrova #30	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 2011	R32
Coco Vandeweghe #112	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2011	R64
Sofia Arvidsson #67	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2011	R128

Samantha Stosur's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Caroline Wozniacki #1	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 2011	SF
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #16	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2011	QF
Ana Ivanovic #19	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2011	R16
Victoria Azarenka #5	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 2011	R32
Michaella Krajicek #183	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2011	R64
Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic #54	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2011	R128