HOW SERENA WILLIAMS AND BIANCA ANDREESCU MATCH UP AHEAD OF THE US OPEN FINAL ON SATURDAY (SUNDAY 6AM AEST):
15-BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN) leads 8-SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 1-0
2019 Toronto, hard, F, Andreescu 3-1 – (Williams retired with back injury)
SERENA WILLIAMS
Age: 37
Born: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Lives: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Height: 175cm
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Ranking: 8
Career prize money: $US$90,643,816 ($A133.01 million)
Career titles: 72
Career win-loss record: 826-141
Grand slam titles: 23 (Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017; French Open 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016; US Open 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Grand slam win-loss record: 349-48
2019 win-loss record: 25-5
US Open win-loss record: 101-12
Best US Open results: champion 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014; runner-up 2001, 2011, 2018; finalist 2019
Road to final:
1st rd: bt Maria Sharapova (RUS) 6-1 6-1
2nd rd: bt Caty McNally (USA) 5-7 6-3 6-1
3rd rd: bt Karolina Muchova (CZE) 6-3 6-2
4th rd: bt 22-Petra Martic (CRO) 6-3 6-4
QF: bt 18-Wang Qiang (CHN) 6-1 6-0
SF: bt 5-Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-3 6-1
BIANCA ANDREESCU
Age: 19
Born: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Lives: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Height: 170cm
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Ranking: 15
Career prize money: $US2,417,873 ($A3.55 million)
Career titles: 2
Career win-loss record: 44-4
Grand slam titles: 0
Grand slam win-loss record: 6-3
2019 win-loss record: 44-4
US Open win-loss record: 6-0
Best US Open result: finalist 2019
Road to final:
1st rd: bt Katy Volynets (USA) 6-2 6-4
2nd rd: bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-3 7-5
3rd rd: bt 19-Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-3 6-4
4th rd: bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-1 4-6 6-2
QF: bt 25-Elise Mertens (BEL) 3-6 6-2 6-3
SF: bt 12-Belinda Bencic (SUI) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5
