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Angelique Kerber #10 def. Serena Williams #181

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 15, 2018*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams
Aces	1	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	66	75
First serve points won %	70	63
Second serve points won %	59	31
Break points saved %	0	43
Break points converted %	57	100
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Sep 26, 1981
Age	30	36
Height	173	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	181
Ranking points (entering)	3,545	315
Elo (entering)	1,990	2,133
Career W-L	461–270	825–170
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 2 – 6 Serena Williams

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2018	SF	Jelena Ostapenko	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2018	QF	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Belinda Bencic	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Naomi Osaka	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Claire Liu	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Vera Zvonareva	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2018	SF	Julia Goerges	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2018	QF	Camila Giorgi	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Evgeniya Rodina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Viktoriya Tomova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Arantxa Rus	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data