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Maria Sharapova #48 def. Aniko Kapros #128

2-6 6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date Oct 5, 2003*
Tournament Japan Open
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard
RoundF
Winner Maria Sharapova
Score2-6 6-2 7-6(5)
Loser Aniko Kapros

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMaria SharapovaAniko Kapros
Country RUS HUN
Birth dateApr 19, 1987Nov 11, 1983
Age1619
Height188173
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)48128
Ranking points (entering)749258
Elo (entering)1,7041,638
Career W-L596–17435–40
Career earnings$38,777,962$490,850
Pre-match H2H
Maria Sharapova 0 0 Aniko Kapros

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 4, 2003SF Jie Zheng 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data
Oct 4, 2003QF Claudine Schaul 7-5 7-6(1)WH2HMatch data
Oct 3, 2003R16 Akiko Morigami 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data
Oct 2, 2003R32 Jin-Hee (sr) Kim 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data

Maria Sharapova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Aniko Kapros's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 4, 2003SF Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 4, 2003QF Ai Sugiyama 6-4 3-2 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Oct 3, 2003R16 Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 2, 2003R32 Tiantian Sun 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data