SF US Open 2019

Serena Williams #8 def. Elina Svitolina #5

6-3 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-1 in the 2019 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsElina Svitolina
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
65
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
14
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
58.3%64.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
85.7%57.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
60.0%40.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
75.0%51.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.4%25.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
60.0%40.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+18.2-5.2
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+5.2-18.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2019 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsElina Svitolina
Country USA UKR
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Sep 12, 1994
Age3724
Height175 cm174 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)85
Ranking points (entering)3,9354,492
Elo (entering)2,1031,966
Current career W-L837–172450–234
Current career earnings$94,948,662$30,597,396
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Qiang Wang #186-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 5, 2019QF
Petra Martic #226-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 3, 2019R16
Karolina Muchova #446-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2019R32
Caty Mcnally #1215-7 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2019R64
Maria Sharapova #876-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 28, 2019R128

Serena Williams's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Bianca Andreescu #153-6 5-7LH2HMatch dataSep 7, 2019F

Elina Svitolina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Johanna Konta #166-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 5, 2019QF
Madison Keys #97-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 3, 2019R16
Dayana Yastremska #326-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2019R32
Venus Williams #526-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 29, 2019R64
Whitney Osuigwe #1096-1 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 28, 2019R128