F Italian Open 2011

Maria Sharapova #8 def. Samantha Stosur #7

6-2 6-4

Maria Sharapova defeated Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-4 in the 2011 Italian Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMaria SharapovaSamantha Stosur
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
21
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
41
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.3%66.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
68.8%51.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
54.5%37.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
33.3%37.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
63.0%46.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
62.5%66.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
53.2%37.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.4%41.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+7.1-9.0
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.0-7.1

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2011 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMaria SharapovaSamantha Stosur
Country RUS AUS
Birth dateApr 19, 1987Mar 30, 1984
Age2427
Height188 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)87
Ranking points (entering)3,8664,156
Elo (entering)2,0371,935
Current career W-L601–175459–345
Current career earnings$38,777,962$20,070,126
Pre-match H2H

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Caroline Wozniacki #17-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 14, 2011SF
Victoria Azarenka #44-6 3-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataMay 14, 2011QF
Shahar Peer #146-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 13, 2011R16
Ekaterina Makarova #376-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataMay 12, 2011R32

Maria Sharapova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Samantha Stosur's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Na Li #67-6(6) 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 14, 2011SF
Francesca Schiavone #56-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 14, 2011QF
Polona Hercog #696-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 13, 2011R16
Iveta Benesova #586-1 7-5WH2HMatch dataMay 12, 2011R32