US Open’15: Women’s semifinal – Serena Williams vs Roberta Vinci

Thursday, September 10th, 2015 by Andras Ruszanov

No. 1 seed Serena Williams takes on the unseeded Roberta Vinci.The world No. 1 female player is bidding for her 26th Grand Slam singles final where she wants to complete her Calendar Grand Slam run. Vinci is making her first ever Grand Slam semifinal and is bidding for her career-first Grand Slam final.

“Serena is Serena,” Vinci said Tuesday. “You have to play better, then better, then better.” Before her 10th US Open semifinal, Serena said about her next opponent: it gonna be “a really great matchup.”  Williams has a commanding lead with 4-0 against Vinci having played on every surface.

 

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Stats – Singles

	Serena Williams					Roberta Vinci
	Total	A	R	W	U	Total	A	R	W	U
GS Appearances	61	15	14	16	16	44	10	11	10	13
GS Matches	324	77	65	89	93	88	18	17	24	29
Years Between The First And Last GS Appearance	17	17	17	17	17	14	9	11	13	14
GS Final Appearances	25	6	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
GS Titles	21	6	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0

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Stats – Singles

	Serena Williams				Roberta Vinci
Tournament	AO	RG	W	US	AO	RG	W	US
1998	R64	R16	R32	R32	A	A	A	A
1999	R32	R32	A	CH	A	A	A	A
2000	R16	A	SF	QF	A	A	A	A
2001	QF	QF	QF	RU	A	A	A	R128
2002	A	CH	CH	CH	A	A	R128	A
2003	CH	SF	CH	A	A	A	A	A
2004	A	QF	RU	QF	A	R128	A	R128
2005	CH	A	R32	R16	A	R128	R32	R128
2006	R32	A	A	R16	R32	R128	A	R128
2007	CH	QF	QF	QF	R128	R128	R64	R128
2008	QF	R32	RU	CH	R128	A	A	R64
2009	CH	QF	CH	SF	R128	R128	R32	R128
2010	CH	QF	CH	A	R32	R64	R64	R128
2011	A	A	R16	RU	R128	R32	R32	R64
2012	R16	R128	CH	CH	R64	R128	R16	QF
2013	QF	CH	R16	CH	R32	R16	R16	QF
2014	R16	R64	R32	CH	R128	R128	R128	R32
2015	CH	CH	CH	SF	R64	R128	R128	SF

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