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Justine Henin #8 def. Francesca Schiavone #15

4-6 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2006*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Justine Henin
Score	4-6 7-5 7-5
Loser	Francesca Schiavone

Stat	Justine Henin	Francesca Schiavone
Aces	2	1
Double faults	9	5
First serve %	52	49
First serve points won %	64	62
Second serve points won %	41	42
Break points saved %	57	46
Break points converted %	54	43
Service points won %	53	51
Return points won %	49	47
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Justine Henin	Francesca Schiavone
Country	BEL	ITA
Birth date	Jun 1, 1982	Jun 23, 1980
Age	23	25
Height	167	166
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	15
Ranking points (entering)	1,891	1,121
Elo (entering)	2,219	1,981
Career W-L	442–102	439–367
Career earnings	$20,863,335	$11,324,245

Pre-match H2H

Justine Henin 3 – 0 Francesca Schiavone

Path

Justine Henin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Nadia Petrova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Vera Dushevina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Martina Hingis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Justine Henin's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Francesca Schiavone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	SF	Nicole Vaidisova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Kim Clijsters	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Zi Yan	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data