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Maria Sharapova #5 def. Belinda Bencic #13

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Belinda Bencic

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Belinda Bencic
Aces	21	0
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	47	60
First serve points won %	85	61
Second serve points won %	45	47
Break points saved %	60	75
Break points converted %	25	40
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Belinda Bencic
Country	RUS	SUI
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Mar 10, 1997
Age	28	18
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	13
Ranking points (entering)	4,542	3,030
Elo (entering)	2,050	1,882
Career W-L	596–174	298–187
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$17,050,641

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 0 – 0 Belinda Bencic

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Lauren Davis	6-1 6-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Nao Hibino	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Serena Williams	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Kateryna Volodko	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Timea Babos	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Alison Riske-Amritraj	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data