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Serena Williams #27 def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #16

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Stat	Serena Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Aces	6	1
Double faults	0	9
First serve %	62	58
First serve points won %	83	61
Second serve points won %	33	15
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	64	42
Return points won %	58	36
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 3, 1991
Age	29	20
Height	175	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,780	2,500
Elo (entering)	2,163	1,866
Career W-L	825–170	415–324
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$16,114,597

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Michaella Krajicek	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2011	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Francesca Schiavone	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Jelena Jankovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Petra Martic	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Anna Tatishvili	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data