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Serena Williams #4 def. Ana Ivanovic #13

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Ana Ivanovic

Stat	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic
Aces	12	0
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	59	51
First serve points won %	90	61
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Nov 6, 1987
Age	30	24
Height	175	184
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	13
Ranking points (entering)	7,300	2,980
Elo (entering)	2,162	1,920
Career W-L	825–170	419–213
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$15,510,787

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 0 Ana Ivanovic

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Andrea Sestini Hlavackova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Coco Vandeweghe	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2012	SF	Sara Errani	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ana Ivanovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Sloane Stephens	6-7(4) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Sofia Arvidsson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Elina Svitolina	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data