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Victoria Azarenka #27 def. Serena Williams #8

1-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 2020*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	1-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Aces	3	6
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	68	65
First serve points won %	68	72
Second serve points won %	46	37
Break points saved %	40	57
Break points converted %	43	60
Service points won %	61	60
Return points won %	40	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Sep 26, 1981
Age	31	38
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,832	4,080
Elo (entering)	1,956	2,034
Career W-L	575–266	825–170
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 4 – 18 Serena Williams

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2020	QF	Elise Mertens	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2020	R16	Karolina Muchova	5-7 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2020	R32	Iga Swiatek	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2020	R64	Aryna Sabalenka	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2020	R128	Barbara Haas	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2020	F	Naomi Osaka	6-1 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2020	QF	Tsvetana Pironkova	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2020	R16	Maria Sakkari	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2020	R32	Sloane Stephens	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2020	R64	Margarita Gasparyan	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2020	R128	Kristie Ahn	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data