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Svetlana Kuznetsova #14 def. Maria Sharapova #4

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 2006*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Maria Sharapova
Aces	4	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	62	61
Second serve points won %	62	38
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Maria Sharapova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Apr 19, 1987
Age	20	18
Height	174	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,114	2,753
Elo (entering)	2,019	2,153
Career W-L	580–319	596–174
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2006	SF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2006	QF	Ai Sugiyama	6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2006	R16	Patty Schnyder	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2006	R32	Martina Hingis	3-6 6-1 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2006	R64	Vera Zvonareva	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova'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
Mar 25, 2006	SF	Tatiana Golovin	6-3 6-7(5) 4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2006	QF	Anastasia Myskina	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2006	R16	Maria Kirilenko	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2006	R32	Maria Elena Camerin	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2006	R64	Na Li	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data