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Serena Williams #3 def. Severine Beltrame #121

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Severine Beltrame

Stat	Serena Williams	Severine Beltrame
Aces	4	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	69	49
First serve points won %	90	68
Second serve points won %	54	35
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	79	51
Return points won %	49	21
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Severine Beltrame
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Aug 14, 1979
Age	26	29
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	121
Ranking points (entering)	3,341	277
Elo (entering)	2,099	1,496
Career W-L	825–170	47–84
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$1,221,128

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Severine Beltrame

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Elena Vesnina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Kateryna Volodko	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Venus Williams	7-6(6) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Severine Beltrame's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Tathiana Garbin	7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Nicole Vaidisova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Julia Goerges	7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data