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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Sabine Lisicki #15

3-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	3-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	Sabine Lisicki

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Sabine Lisicki
Aces	1	3
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	70	62
First serve points won %	66	58
Second serve points won %	39	46
Break points saved %	70	58
Break points converted %	42	30
Service points won %	58	53
Return points won %	47	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Sabine Lisicki
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Sep 22, 1989
Age	24	22
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	15
Ranking points (entering)	6,440	2,903
Elo (entering)	2,004	1,889
Career W-L	596–174	206–172
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$7,201,957

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 2 – 0 Sabine Lisicki

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Angelique Kerber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Jamie Hampton	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Gisela Dulko	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2012	QF	Ekaterina Makarova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sabine Lisicki's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Shahar Peer	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Stefanie Voegele	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data