MATCH NOTES US OPEN NEW YORK, NY, USA AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 | $57,500,000 DAY 7 MATCH-UPS ELISE ARYNA 15 MERTENS 2-5 SABALENKA 2 HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Sabalenka has won their past four meetings, dropping just one set... Mertens bidding to reach third consecutive QF at Flushing Meadows... Sabalenka’s three previous matches at this stage of a major have all required a deciding set... Duo teamed up to win US Open doubles title in 2019 ELINA SIMONA 5 SVITOLINA 5-4 HALEP 12 HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Halep has won both their encounters at majors... Svitolina is one of two players in the bottom half not to drop a set... Halep weathered a storm of 14 aces to see off Rybakina in previous round... Svitolina is on an eight-match winning streak BARBORA GARBIÑE 8 KREJCIKOVA 1-1 MUGURUZA 9 HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Krejcikova and Muguruza have shared the spoils from matches in Dubai and Cincinnati this season... US Open remains the only Slam where Muguruza is yet to make QF... Krejcikova is one of two debutantes remaining... Muguruza playing a fellow major winner for second match in a row ANGELIQUE LEYLAH 16 KERBER 0-0 FERNANDEZ HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Fernandez faces another former US Open winner, having upset defending champion Osaka in third round... Kerber has won more matches at both Slams and the US Open than any other player in the draw... Fernandez is one of two teenagers to reach this stage... Kerber has dropped two sets so far MATCH NOTES US OPEN NEW YORK, NY, USA AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 | $57,500,000 A LOOK AT THE LAST 16 PLAYER USO W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES TITLES [2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 8-3 41-14 163-71 1,989,703 8,794,012 2 10 [4] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 23-8 33-16 356-183 2,061,970 22,463,403 0 16 [5] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 19-8 34-16 322-168 764,249 20,624,508 1 16 [6] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 10-0 16-9 59-20 474,353 7,203,737 0 3 [7] Iga Swiatek (POL) 6-2 31-10 58-26 1,293,888 4,234,402 2 3 [8] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 3-0 41-11 61-33 2,739,159 5,770,262 3 3 [9] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 10-8 34-13 286-154 883,064 22,058,557 1 8 [11] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 15-5 29-15 187-128 666,559 8,834,371 1 5 [12] Simona Halep (ROU) 20-10 15-6 399-174 531,837 37,577,747 0 22 [14] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 19-12 24-14 366-269 1,374,930 11,736,213 0 12 [15] Elise Mertens (BEL) 14-5 30-15 173-99 1,448,405 8,531,108 1 6 [16] Angelique Kerber (GER) 31-12 26-12 448-250 1,027,296 30,881,274 1 13 [17] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 11-6 29-14 127-106 882,545 4,423,164 0 1 Shelby Rogers (USA) 13-7 22-18 90-100 678,360 3,608,222 0 0 Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 4-1 16-12 27-22 373,755 786,772 0 1 [Q] Emma Raducanu (GBR) 3-0 6-3 6-3 268,191 303,376 0 0 A SNAPSHOT OF 2021 • Top 10 Debuts (2): Iga Swiatek (at No.9 on May 17), Barbora Krejcikova (at No.10 on August 9) • Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Paula Badosa (20, Belgrade) • Lowest-ranked player to triumph: María Camila Osorio Serrano (No.180, Bogotá) • Youngest title winner: Coco Gauff, Parma (17) • Oldest title winner: Andrea Petkovic, Cluj-Napoca (33) • Aces leaders: Karolina Pliskova - 341, Ashleigh Barty - 325, Sabalenka - 307, Ons Jabeur - 255 • Most aces in a match (24): Karolina Pliskova (d. Anisimova 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(7) – US Open, 2r) • Singles titles (5): Ashleigh Barty (Yarra Valley Classic, Miami, Stuttgart, Wimbledon, Cincinnati) • Doubles titles (5): Aoyama/Shibahara (Abu Dhabi, Yarra Valley, Miami, Eastbourne, Cleveland) • Most Top 10 wins (7): Ashleigh Barty (No.8 Sabalenka, No.5 Svitolina and No.9 Andreescu at Miami, No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.5 Svitolina and No.7 Sabalenka at Stuttgart, No.10 Krejcikova at Cincinnati) • Longest Match: 3h 55m – Kristina Kucova d. Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 7-6(3) (Gdynia QF) MATCH NOTES US OPEN NEW YORK, NY, USA AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 | $57,500,000 TEENAGE KICKS WINNING HABIT The extended stays of 18-year-olds Leylah Fernandez By advancing to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows, and Emma Raducanu in the draw mean that there are Barbora Krejcikova and Aryna Sabalenka have multiple teenagers into the fourth round in New York for consolidated their positions near the top of this season’s the first time since 2009. match wins leaderboard: Raducanu, who shot to prominence with her run to the Player W-L Best Result same stage at Wimbledon earlier this year, is only the second British woman to reach the last 16 at a major Ashleigh Barty 42-8 Champion: Yarra Valley, Miami, Stuttgart, Wimbledon, Cincinnati twice before turning 19. The other was Sue Barker (Australian Open 1974-75). Barbora Krejcikova 41-11 Champion: Strasbourg, Roland Garros, Prague Aryna Sabalenka 41-14 Champion: Abu Dhabi, Madrid Ons Jabeur 40-15 Champion: Birmingham Daria Kasatkina 35-17 Champion: Phillip Island, St. Petersburg Garbiñe Muguruza 34-13 Champion: Dubai Elina Svitolina 34-16 Champion: Chicago O CANADA The progress of Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu through the draw means that for the first time in the Open Era, Canada has two women in the last 16 at the same major. The other Canadians to have advanced to the fourth Furthermore, thanks to Carlos Alcaraz’s upset of round or better at Flushing Meadows in the Open Era Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday, there are fourth-round are: Jane O’Hara (1970), Carling Bassett-Seguso (1984- representatives aged 18 or under in both the men’s and 85), Patricia Hy-Boulais (1992) and Eugenie Bouchard women’s draws at the US Open for the first time since (2014-15). 1998 (Marat Safin; Anna Kournikova, Martina Hingis and Venus Williams). The last time this happened at any Slam was at the 2005 Australian Open (Rafael Nadal; Maria Sharapova, Vera Dushevina, Evgenia Linetskaya). MISS CONSISTENT Iga Swiatek’s hard-fought victory over Anett Kontaveit on Saturday saw her become the only player this season SERVING NOTICE to reach the round of 16 at all four majors. Karolina Pliskova backed up a tournament-record 24 aces in her thrilling second-round win over Amanda Anisimova with another 20 against Ajla Tomljanovic on Saturday.