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Maria Sharapova #2 def. Dominika Cibulkova #32

6-2 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2008*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4
Loser	Dominika Cibulkova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Dominika Cibulkova
Aces	6	0
Double faults	13	5
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	63	48
Second serve points won %	37	46
Break points saved %	57	53
Break points converted %	47	43
Service points won %	51	47
Return points won %	53	49
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Dominika Cibulkova
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	May 6, 1989
Age	21	19
Height	188	161
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	32
Ranking points (entering)	3,986	918
Elo (entering)	2,193	1,783
Career W-L	596–174	365–261
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$13,725,520

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 1 – 0 Dominika Cibulkova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Dominika Cibulkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R64	Gisela Dulko	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data