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Victoria Azarenka #1 def. Maria Sharapova #2

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2012*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova
Aces	0	1
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	67	62
First serve points won %	68	57
Second serve points won %	50	29
Break points saved %	86	55
Break points converted %	45	14
Service points won %	62	46
Return points won %	54	38
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Apr 19, 1987
Age	23	25
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	10,095	8,435
Elo (entering)	2,114	2,147
Career W-L	575–266	596–174
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 6 – 4 Maria Sharapova

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2012	SF	Marion Bartoli	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2012	QF	Romina Oprandi	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2012	R16	Elena Vesnina	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2012	R32	Sabine Lisicki	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2012	R64	Alizé Cornet	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2012	SF	Na Li	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2012	QF	Angelique Kerber	6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2012	R16	Polona Hercog	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2012	R32	Sorana Cirstea	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2012	R64	Simona Halep	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data