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Karolina Pliskova #11 def. Venus Williams #6

4-6 6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2016*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karolina Pliskova
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Karolina Pliskova	Venus Williams
Aces	8	8
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	58	64
First serve points won %	75	64
Second serve points won %	34	44
Break points saved %	62	54
Break points converted %	46	38
Service points won %	58	57
Return points won %	43	42
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Pliskova	Venus Williams
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Mar 21, 1992	Jun 17, 1980
Age	24	36
Height	186	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,135	4,005
Elo (entering)	1,917	1,900
Career W-L	421–241	768–288
Career earnings	$26,944,237	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Pliskova 0 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Montserrat Gonzalez	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Sofia Kenin	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2016	QF	Ana Konjuh	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Laura Siegemund	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Julia Goerges	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Kateryna Baindl	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data