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Victoria Azarenka #1 def. Maria Sharapova #3

3-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	3-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova
Aces	0	8
Double faults	5	10
First serve %	65	70
First serve points won %	73	64
Second serve points won %	39	33
Break points saved %	40	58
Break points converted %	42	60
Service points won %	61	55
Return points won %	45	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Apr 19, 1987
Age	23	25
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	9,025	7,695
Elo (entering)	2,104	2,152
Career W-L	575–266	596–174
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 5 – 4 Maria Sharapova

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2012	QF	Samantha Stosur	6-1 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Anna Tatishvili	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Jie Zheng	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Kirsten Flipkens	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Alexandra Panova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2012	F	Serena Williams	2-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2012	QF	Marion Bartoli	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Nadia Petrova	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Mallory Burdette	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Melinda Czink	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data