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Maria Sharapova #2 def. Kim Clijsters #5

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2007*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Kim Clijsters

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters
Aces	7	1
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	60	54
First serve points won %	70	55
Second serve points won %	41	44
Break points saved %	83	38
Break points converted %	62	17
Service points won %	58	50
Return points won %	50	42
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters
Country	RUS	BEL
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jun 8, 1983
Age	19	23
Height	188	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	3,532	2,441
Elo (entering)	2,224	2,186
Career W-L	596–174	463–127
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$24,545,194

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 2 – 4 Kim Clijsters

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Anna Chakvetadze	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Vera Zvonareva	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Tathiana Garbin	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Anastasia Rodionova	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Camille Pin	6-3 4-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2007	F	Serena Williams	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Martina Hingis	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Alona Bondarenko	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Akiko Morigami	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Vasilisa Bardina	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data