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Jennifer Capriati #8 def. Serena Williams #11

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2004*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jennifer Capriati
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Jennifer Capriati	Serena Williams
Aces	2	5
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	74	61
First serve points won %	65	60
Second serve points won %	54	64
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	62	61
Return points won %	39	38
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jennifer Capriati	Serena Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 29, 1976	Sep 26, 1981
Age	28	22
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,414	1,995
Elo (entering)	2,031	2,233
Career W-L	405–170	825–170
Career earnings	$10,206,639	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Jennifer Capriati 6 – 10 Serena Williams

Path

Jennifer Capriati's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2004	R16	Ai Sugiyama	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2004	R32	Vera Dushevina	6-0 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2004	R64	Magui Serna	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2004	R128	Denisa Chladkova	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jennifer Capriati's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2004	SF	Elena Dementieva	0-6 6-2 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2004	R16	Patty Schnyder	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2004	R32	Tatiana Golovin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2004	R64	Lindsay Lee-Waters	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2004	R128	Sandra Kleinova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data