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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Petra Kvitova #2

6-2 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4
Loser	Petra Kvitova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Petra Kvitova
Aces	0	4
Double faults	10	4
First serve %	66	59
First serve points won %	64	60
Second serve points won %	48	60
Break points saved %	79	0
Break points converted %	100	21
Service points won %	59	60
Return points won %	40	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Petra Kvitova
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Mar 8, 1990
Age	24	21
Height	188	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,440	7,290
Elo (entering)	2,019	2,073
Career W-L	596–174	501–258
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$37,653,615

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 1 – 2 Petra Kvitova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2012	QF	Ekaterina Makarova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Sabine Lisicki	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Angelique Kerber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Jamie Hampton	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Gisela Dulko	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2012	F	Victoria Azarenka	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Kvitova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2012	QF	Sara Errani	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Maria Kirilenko	6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Vera Dushevina	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data