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Serena Williams #1 def. Yulia Putintseva #60

5-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2016*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	5-7 6-4 6-1
Loser	Yulia Putintseva

Stat	Serena Williams	Yulia Putintseva
Aces	4	0
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	62	63
First serve points won %	68	63
Second serve points won %	47	42
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Yulia Putintseva
Country	USA	KAZ
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jan 7, 1995
Age	34	21
Height	175	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	60
Ranking points (entering)	9,030	1,025
Elo (entering)	2,184	1,731
Career W-L	825–170	261–255
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$10,369,270

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 0 Yulia Putintseva

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2016	R16	Elina Svitolina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2016	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2016	R64	Teliana Pereira	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2016	R128	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2016	SF	Kiki Bertens	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yulia Putintseva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2016	R16	Carla Suárez Navarro	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2016	R32	Karin Knapp	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2016	R64	Andrea Petkovic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2016	R128	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data