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Maria Sharapova #2 def. Angelique Kerber #11

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2012*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Angelique Kerber
Aces	3	0
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	66	75
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Angelique Kerber
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jan 18, 1988
Age	25	24
Height	188	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	11
Ranking points (entering)	7,610	3,235
Elo (entering)	2,116	1,973
Career W-L	596–174	461–270
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 1 – 1 Angelique Kerber

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Venus Williams	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Ana Ivanovic	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2012	R32	Christina Mchale	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	F	Na Li	4-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Petra Kvitova	7-6(2) 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Julia Goerges	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2012	R32	Vania King	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R64	Anastasia Rodionova	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data