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Serena Williams #7 def. Maria Sharapova #4

2-6 7-5 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	2-6 7-5 8-6
Loser	Maria Sharapova

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	23	17
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,128	3,536
Elo (entering)	2,214	2,089
Career W-L	825–170	596–174
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Serena Williams's path

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

Serena Williams's next match

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

Maria Sharapova's path

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