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Serena Williams #27 def. Ana Ivanovic #19

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Ana Ivanovic

Stat	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic
Aces	9	3
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	63	51
First serve points won %	83	79
Second serve points won %	48	29
Break points saved %	67	57
Break points converted %	43	33
Service points won %	70	54
Return points won %	46	30
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Nov 6, 1987
Age	29	23
Height	175	184
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	19
Ranking points (entering)	1,780	2,415
Elo (entering)	2,159	1,831
Career W-L	825–170	419–213
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$15,510,787

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 0 Ana Ivanovic

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Michaella Krajicek	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ana Ivanovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Sloane Stephens	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Petra Cetkovska	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Ksenia Pervak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data