Serena Williams #7 def. Maria Sharapova #4

2-6 7-5 8-6

Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova 2-6 7-5 8-6 in the 2005 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 28, 2005*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2005
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	6	4
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	61	63
First serve points won %	66	66
Second serve points won %	48	40
Break points saved %	58	38
Break points converted %	62	42
Service points won %	59	57
Return points won %	43	41
Total points won %	51	49

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	23	17
Height	175 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,128	3,536
Elo (entering)	2,245	2,099
Current career W-L	837–172	601–175
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #7 1 – 2 Maria Sharapova #4

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amélie Mauresmo #2	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2005	QF
Nadia Petrova #13	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2005	R16
Sania Mirza #166	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2005	R32
Dally Randriantefy #67	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2005	R64
Camille Pin #106	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2005	R128

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lindsay Davenport #1	2-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2005	F

Maria Sharapova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova #5	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2005	QF
Silvia Farina Elia #19	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2005	R16
Na Li #64	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2005	R32
Lindsay Lee-Waters #87	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2005	R64
Sesil Karatantcheva #110	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2005	R128