THE STATS AHEAD OF THE US OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL ON SATURDAY:
17-SERENA WILLIAMS
Age: 36
Height: 1.75 metres
Plays: Right handed
WTA ranking: 26
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; U.S. Open 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
ROAD TO FINAL:
First round: beat Magda Linette (Poland) 6-4 6-0
Second round: beat Carina Witthoeft (Germany) 6-2 6-2
Third Round: beat 16-Venus Williams (US) 6-1 6-2
Fourth Round: beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6-0 4-6 6-3
Quarter-finals: beat 8-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-3
Semi-finals: beat 19-Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-3 6-0
20-NAOMI OSAKA
Age: 20
Height: 1.8 metres
Plays: Right handed
WTA ranking: 19
Grand Slam titles: 0
ROAD TO FINAL:
First round: beat Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-3 6-2
Second round: beat Julia Glushko (Israel) 6-2 6-0
Third Round: beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) 6-0 6-0
Fourth Round: beat 26-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Quarter-finals: beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-1 6-1
Semi-finals: beat 14-Madison Keys (US) 6-2 6-4
PAST MEETINGS - 1:
2018 Miami Open: Osaka 6-3 6-2
CAREER PRIZEMONEY:
Williams: $US86,383,301 ($A120 million)
Osaka: $US3,232,734 ($A4.5 million)
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