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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #5

4-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	4	3
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	56	46
First serve points won %	64	54
Second serve points won %	40	42
Break points saved %	55	38
Break points converted %	62	45
Service points won %	53	48
Return points won %	52	47
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jun 27, 1985
Age	17	19
Height	188	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	3,536	3,526
Elo (entering)	2,075	2,036
Career W-L	596–174	580–319
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 1 – 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Silvia Farina Elia	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Na Li	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Lindsay Lee-Waters	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Sesil Karatantcheva	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	SF	Serena Williams	6-2 5-7 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Vera Dushevina	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Mariana Diaz-Oliva	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Marion Bartoli	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Jessica Kirkland	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data