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Lindsay Davenport #1 def. Nathalie Dechy #25

2-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lindsay Davenport
Score	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Nathalie Dechy

Stat	Lindsay Davenport	Nathalie Dechy
Aces	11	2
Double faults	10	5
First serve %	67	73
First serve points won %	67	61
Second serve points won %	31	37
Break points saved %	60	38
Break points converted %	62	40
Service points won %	55	54
Return points won %	46	45
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lindsay Davenport	Nathalie Dechy
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1976	Feb 21, 1979
Age	28	25
Height	189	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	25
Ranking points (entering)	4,666	1,247
Elo (entering)	2,192	1,870
Career W-L	704–190	291–270
Career earnings	$22,166,338	$4,281,064

Pre-match H2H

Lindsay Davenport 5 – 0 Nathalie Dechy

Path

Lindsay Davenport's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Alicia Molik	6-4 4-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Karolina Sprem	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Michaela Pastikova	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Conchita Martínez	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Lindsay Davenport's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2005	F	Serena Williams	6-2 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nathalie Dechy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Patty Schnyder	5-7 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Anastasia Myskina	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Francesca Schiavone	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Mashona Washington	6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data