Serena Williams vs Kiki BertensUS Open Round of 64

US Open · WTA · Round of 64
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 August 2015
hard
34 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams S.
7-6 6-3
Bertens K.
Williams S.
7762
Bertens K.
6530

Serena Williams defeated Kiki Bertens 7-6 6-3 in the US Open round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending the title. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

20
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-03-05Indian WellsR64hardSerena Williams7-6(5) 7-5
2016-05-23Roland GarrosSFclaySerena Williams7-6(7) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Bertens K.

Bertens K.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
46%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.7
4.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
63
Break points saved·Clear edge
94
71
Break points won·Slight edge
96
89
Deciding sets·Clear edge
98
74
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
53

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
29°COvercast
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

R128
Lepchenko V.
Flipkens K.
6-16-1
Williams S.[1]
Diatchenko V.
6-02-0
Halep S.[2]
Erakovic M.
6-23-0
Bertens K.
Lucic M.
3-66-46-2
Mattek Sands B.
Baindl K.
6-46-3
Vandeweghe C.
Stephens S.[29]
6-46-3
Keys M.[19]
Koukalova K.
6-26-4
Smitkova T.
Mitu C.
7-646-2
Radwanska A.[15]
Siniakova K.
6-26-3
Bencic B.[12]
Karatantcheva S.
6-16-2
Falconi I.
Crawford S.
6-46-2
Williams V.[23]
Puig M.
6-46-776-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[31]
Rybarikova M.
6-47-5
Brengle M.
Zheng S.
6-25-77-5
Kasatkina D.
Saville D.
6-24-67-5
Konjuh A.
Maria T.
6-46-4
Jovanovski B.
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-2
Mladenovic K.
Kuznetsova S.[30]
6-37-5
Makarova K.[13]
Pereira T.
6-36-3
Allertova D.
Suarez Navarro C.[10]
6-17-65
Vinci R.
King V.
6-46-4
Dodin O.
Jankovic J.[21]
2-67-56-3
Bouchard E.[25]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-46-3
Hercog P.
Diyas Z.
6-27-5
Pegula J.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-56-3
Cibulkova D.
Ivanovic A.[7]
6-33-66-3
Schmiedlova A.[32]
Goerges J.
6-36-4
Muguruza G.[9]
Witthoeft C.
6-26-4
Ostapenko J.
Beck A.
6-41-66-4
Rodina E.
Mrdeza T.
6-26-2
Stosur S.[22]
Babos T.
6-36-4
Pennetta F.[26]
Gajdosova J.
6-13-66-1
Cetkovska P.
Mchale C.
4-66-46-3
Barthel M.
Pironkova T.
5-77-646-1
Azarenka V.[20]
Hradecka L.
6-16-2
Wickmayer Y.
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Knapp K.
Tomljanovic A.
6-716-26-4
Kerber A.[11]
Dulgheru A.
6-36-1
Strycova B.
Bacsinszky T.[14]
7-56-0
Wang Q.
Sakkari M.
7-56-2
Lisicki S.[24]
Sasnovich A.
6-16-4
Nara K.
Cornet A.[27]
2-66-46-4
Bondarenko K.
Putintseva Y.
6-06-3
Tsurenko L.
Safarova L.[6]
6-46-1
Doi M.
Hantuchova D.
6-36-3
Kovinic D.
Krunic A.
4-67-56-1
Govortsova O.
Begu I.[28]
6-10-67-63
Tatishvili A.
Pliskova K.[8]
6-26-1
Davis L.
Watson H.
7-637-60
Gibbs N.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-33-66-4
Vesnina E.
Robson L.
3-66-37-5
Wozniacki C.[4]
Loeb J.
6-26-0
Linette M.
Radwanska U.
7-636-1
Konta J.
Chirico L.
6-36-0
Rogers S.
Vickery S.
6-26-2
Errani S.[16]
Hibi M.
6-06-1
Kontaveit A.
Dellacqua C.
7-56-2
Kvitova P.[5]
Siegemund L.
6-16-1
Giorgi C.
Larsson J.
6-36-3
Kanepi K.
Friedsam A.
6-16-1
Duque Marino M.
Kenin S.
6-36-1
Svitolina E.[17]
Kulichkova E.
6-16-4
Niculescu M.
Panova A.
7-635-76-3
Petkovic A.[18]
Garcia C.
3-66-47-5