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Maria Sharapova #40 def. Jelena Ostapenko #6

6-7(6) 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-7(6) 6-4 7-5
Loser	Jelena Ostapenko

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Ostapenko
Aces	6	2
Double faults	10	11
First serve %	59	55
First serve points won %	67	66
Second serve points won %	36	39
Break points saved %	62	42
Break points converted %	58	38
Service points won %	54	54
Return points won %	46	46
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Ostapenko
Country	RUS	LAT
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jun 8, 1997
Age	31	20
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	40	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,223	5,282
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,848
Career W-L	596–174	289–210
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$20,224,063

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 0 – 0 Jelena Ostapenko

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Daria Saville	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Dominika Cibulkova	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R64	Ashleigh Barty	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Simona Halep	6-4 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jelena Ostapenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Johanna Konta	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Shuai Zhang	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data