SF US Open 2018

Serena Williams #26 def. Anastasija Sevastova #18

6-3 6-0

Serena Williams defeated Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-0 in the 2018 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsAnastasija Sevastova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
41
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
12
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
64.4%60.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
75.9%63.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%18.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
66.7%45.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
54.5%33.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
60.0%40.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.9-11.3
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+11.3-9.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2018 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsAnastasija Sevastova
Country USA LAT
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Apr 13, 1990
Age3628
Height175 cm169 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2618
Ranking points (entering)1,6762,250
Elo (entering)2,1291,934
Current career W-L837–172209–178
Current career earnings$94,966,162$8,716,682
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Karolina Pliskova #86-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2018QF
Kaia Kanepi #446-0 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2018R16
Venus Williams #166-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2018R32
Carina Witthoeft #1016-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 30, 2018R64
Magda Linette #686-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2018R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Naomi Osaka #192-6 4-6LH2HMatch dataSep 9, 2018F

Anastasija Sevastova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sloane Stephens #36-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2018QF
Elina Svitolina #76-3 1-6 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2018R16
Ekaterina Makarova #454-6 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2018R32
Claire Liu #1586-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 30, 2018R64
Donna Vekic #416-2 2-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2018R128