R16 Australian Open 2016

Maria Sharapova #5 def. Belinda Bencic #13

7-5 7-5

Maria Sharapova defeated Belinda Bencic 7-5 7-5 in the 2016 Australian Open fourth round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMaria SharapovaBelinda Bencic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
210
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
72
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
47.0%59.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
84.6%60.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.5%47.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
60.0%75.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
63.9%55.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
25.0%40.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
44.7%36.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.7%46.3%
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.
+7.5-1.0
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.
+1.0-7.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2016 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMaria SharapovaBelinda Bencic
Country RUS SUI
Birth dateApr 19, 1987Mar 10, 1997
Age2818
Height188 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)513
Ranking points (entering)4,5423,030
Elo (entering)2,0721,912
Current career W-L601–175310–192
Current career earnings$38,777,962$17,231,250
Pre-match H2H

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Lauren Davis #1036-1 6-7 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2016R32
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #1056-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2016R64
Nao Hibino #566-1 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2016R128

Maria Sharapova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Serena Williams #14-6 1-6LH2HMatch dataJan 28, 2016QF

Belinda Bencic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kateryna Volodko #924-6 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2016R32
Timea Babos #606-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2016R64
Alison Riske-Amritraj #886-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 20, 2016R128