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Serena Williams #3 def. Maria Sharapova #2

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 30, 2012*
Tournament	WTA Championships
Category	WTA Finals
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	11	2
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	68	70
First serve points won %	82	69
Second serve points won %	56	29
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	74	57
Return points won %	43	26
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	31	25
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	9,400	10,045
Elo (entering)	2,225	2,168
Career W-L	825–170	596–174
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 8 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2012	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2012	RR	Angelique Kerber	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2012	RR	Na Li	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2012	RR	Victoria Azarenka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2012	SF	Victoria Azarenka	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2012	RR	Sara Errani	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2012	RR	Samantha Stosur	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2012	RR	Agnieszka Radwanska	5-7 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data