Bondár defeated Havlickova 6-3, 6-3 at the US Open, deciding the match with four breaks and a steady hold on her own serve. She won six of her eight service games while saving five of the seven break points she faced.
Havlickova took the first break of the match to lead 2-1 in the opening set, but Bondár answered immediately at 2-2 and added another break at 3-5 to close it out. In the second set Bondár broke in the first game to lead 1-0, made it 4-1 with another break, and after Havlickova pulled a break back at 2-4, finished with a final break at 3-6.
The decisive number came on return: Bondár converted four of her twelve break chances on the Havlickova serve and saved five of seven break points herself. Havlickova, by contrast, converted only two breaks from seven chances.