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Serena Williams #1 def. Flavia Pennetta #12

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2014*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Serena Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	7	6
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	57	59
First serve points won %	75	48
Second serve points won %	46	39
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	62	45
Return points won %	55	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 25, 1982
Age	32	32
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	12
Ranking points (entering)	9,430	3,121
Elo (entering)	2,250	1,801
Career W-L	825–170	418–272
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 5 – 1 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2014	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Varvara Lepchenko	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2014	R64	Vania King	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Taylor Townsend	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2014	SF	Ekaterina Makarova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2014	R16	Casey Dellacqua	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Nicole Gibbs	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2014	R64	Shelby Rogers	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Julia Goerges	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data