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Naomi Osaka #19 def. Serena Williams #26

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Serena Williams
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	73	55
First serve points won %	72	63
Second serve points won %	40	44
Break points saved %	83	20
Break points converted %	80	17
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Serena Williams
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	Sep 26, 1981
Age	20	36
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	26
Ranking points (entering)	2,245	1,676
Elo (entering)	1,903	2,102
Career W-L	240–130	825–170
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 1 – 0 Serena Williams

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2018	SF	Madison Keys	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Lesia Tsurenko	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Julia Glushko	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Laura Siegemund	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka'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
Sep 8, 2018	SF	Anastasija Sevastova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-0 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Venus Williams	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Carina Witthoeft	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Magda Linette	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data