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Serena Williams #8 def. Maria Sakkari #22

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2020*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3
Loser	Maria Sakkari

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sakkari
Aces	12	13
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	54	60
First serve points won %	72	73
Second serve points won %	59	48
Break points saved %	83	62
Break points converted %	38	17
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sakkari
Country	USA	GRE
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 25, 1995
Age	38	25
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	22
Ranking points (entering)	4,080	2,130
Elo (entering)	2,020	1,877
Career W-L	825–170	258–205
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$14,850,529

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 1 Maria Sakkari

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2020	R32	Sloane Stephens	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2020	R64	Margarita Gasparyan	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2020	R128	Kristie Ahn	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2020	QF	Tsvetana Pironkova	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sakkari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2020	R32	Amanda Anisimova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2020	R64	Bernarda Pera	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2020	R128	Stefanie Voegele	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data