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Serena Williams #1 def. Elina Svitolina #20

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2015*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Elina Svitolina

Stat	Serena Williams	Elina Svitolina
Aces	9	1
Double faults	8	1
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	79	49
Second serve points won %	52	54
Break points saved %	60	64
Break points converted %	36	40
Service points won %	68	51
Return points won %	49	32
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Elina Svitolina
Country	USA	UKR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 12, 1994
Age	33	20
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	20
Ranking points (entering)	11,821	2,240
Elo (entering)	2,206	1,849
Career W-L	825–170	429–227
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$30,204,956

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Elina Svitolina

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	QF	Ana Ivanovic	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2015	R16	Karin Knapp	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2015	R32	Tsvetana Pironkova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2015	F	Simona Halep	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	QF	Lucie Safarova	6-4 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2015	R16	Caroline Garcia	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2015	R32	Eugenie Bouchard	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2015	R64	Alison Riske-Amritraj	6-2 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data