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Maria Sharapova #8 def. Samantha Stosur #7

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2011*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Samantha Stosur

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Samantha Stosur
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	59	66
First serve points won %	69	52
Second serve points won %	55	38
Break points saved %	33	38
Break points converted %	62	67
Service points won %	63	47
Return points won %	53	37
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Samantha Stosur
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Mar 30, 1984
Age	24	27
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,866	4,156
Elo (entering)	2,031	1,933
Career W-L	596–174	451–335
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$20,070,126

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 7 – 0 Samantha Stosur

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	QF	Victoria Azarenka	4-6 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2011	R16	Shahar Peer	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2011	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Samantha Stosur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	SF	Na Li	7-6(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	QF	Francesca Schiavone	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2011	R16	Polona Hercog	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2011	R32	Iveta Benesova	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data