SF US Open 2020

Victoria Azarenka #27 def. Serena Williams #8

1-6 6-3 6-3

Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2020 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 12, 2020*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2020
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Aces	3	6
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	68.0%	65.0%
First serve points won %	68.0%	72.0%
Second serve points won %	46.0%	37.0%
Break points saved %	40.0%	57.0%
Break points converted %	43.0%	60.0%
Service points won %	61.0%	60.0%
Return points won %	40.0%	39.0%
Total points won %	51.0%	49.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Sep 26, 1981
Age	31	38
Height	183 cm	175 cm
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)	1,942	2,064
Current career W-L	582–268	837–172
Current career earnings	$38,890,473	$94,948,662

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka #27 4 – 19 Serena Williams #8

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elise Mertens #18	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 2020	QF
Karolina Muchova #26	5-7 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2020	R16
Iga Swiatek #53	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2020	R32
Aryna Sabalenka #11	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2020	R64
Barbara Haas #139	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2020	R128

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Naomi Osaka #9	6-1 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2020	F

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tsvetana Pironkova	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 2020	QF
Maria Sakkari #22	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2020	R16
Sloane Stephens #39	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2020	R32
Margarita Gasparyan #117	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2020	R64
Kristie Ahn #96	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2020	R128