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Serena Williams #26 def. Anastasija Sevastova #18

6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-0
Loser	Anastasija Sevastova

Stat	Serena Williams	Anastasija Sevastova
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	64	60
First serve points won %	76	64
Second serve points won %	50	18
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	67	45
Return points won %	55	33
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Anastasija Sevastova
Country	USA	LAT
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 13, 1990
Age	36	28
Height	175	169
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	18
Ranking points (entering)	1,676	2,250
Elo (entering)	2,093	1,925
Career W-L	825–170	207–175
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$8,716,682

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Anastasija Sevastova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-0 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Venus Williams	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Carina Witthoeft	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Magda Linette	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2018	F	Naomi Osaka	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Anastasija Sevastova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Sloane Stephens	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Elina Svitolina	6-3 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Claire Liu	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Donna Vekic	6-2 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data