SF Los Angeles 2009

Flavia Pennetta #14 def. Maria Sharapova #61

6-2 4-6 6-3

Flavia Pennetta defeated Maria Sharapova 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the 2009 Los Angeles semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatFlavia PennettaMaria Sharapova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
13
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
516
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
52.9%60.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
62.2%63.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
42.5%22.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%46.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
52.9%47.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
53.3%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
52.8%47.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.9%47.1%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-2.9-8.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+8.6+2.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldFlavia PennettaMaria Sharapova
Country ITA RUS
Birth dateFeb 25, 1982Apr 19, 1987
Age2722
Height172 cm188 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1461
Ranking points (entering)2,830970
Elo (entering)1,9002,087
Current career W-L420–274601–175
Current career earnings$14,197,886$38,777,962
Pre-match H2H

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Vera Zvonareva #76-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 8, 2009QF
Nadia Petrova #106-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 7, 2009R16
Coco Vandeweghe #4376-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 6, 2009R32
Varvara Lepchenko #856-2 5-7 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 5, 2009R64

Flavia Pennetta's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Samantha Stosur #196-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 9, 2009F

Maria Sharapova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Urszula Radwanska #716-4 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 8, 2009QF
Alona Bondarenko #334-6 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 7, 2009R16
Victoria Azarenka #96-7(4) 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 6, 2009R32
Jarmila Wolfe #606-0 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 5, 2009R64