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Justine Henin #6 def. Maria Sharapova #4

4-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Justine Henin
Score	4-6 6-1 6-4
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Justine Henin	Maria Sharapova
Aces	1	2
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	54	59
First serve points won %	74	52
Second serve points won %	38	51
Break points saved %	50	46
Break points converted %	54	50
Service points won %	57	52
Return points won %	48	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Justine Henin	Maria Sharapova
Country	BEL	RUS
Birth date	Jun 1, 1982	Apr 19, 1987
Age	23	18
Height	167	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,086	2,780
Elo (entering)	2,243	2,092
Career W-L	442–102	596–174
Career earnings	$20,863,335	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Justine Henin 2 – 1 Maria Sharapova

Path

Justine Henin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2006	QF	Lindsay Davenport	2-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Virginie Razzano	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Hana Sromova	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Marta Domachowska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Justine Henin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2006	F	Amélie Mauresmo	1-6 0-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2006	QF	Nadia Petrova	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Ashley Harkleroad	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Sandra Kloesel	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data