Serena Williams #4 def. Maria Sharapova #3

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date: Aug 5, 2012*
Tournament: London Olympics
Edition: 2012
Category: Olympics
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	30	25
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,360	8,370
Elo (entering)	2,248	2,162
Career W-L	836–172	601–175
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #4 8 – 2 Maria Sharapova #3

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2012	SF	Victoria Azarenka #1	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2012	QF	Caroline Wozniacki #8	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2012	R16	Vera Zvonareva #13	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2012	R32	Urszula Radwanska #45	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2012	R64	Jelena Jankovic #18	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2012	SF	Maria Kirilenko #15	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2012	QF	Kim Clijsters #36	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2012	R16	Sabine Lisicki #20	6-7(8) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2012	R32	Laura Robson #98	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2012	R64	Shahar Peer #57	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data