Victoria Azarenka def. Maria Sharapova, 2012 China Open Final

Match Information

Date: Oct 7, 2012*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2012
Category: Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	0	1
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	4	7
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	66.7%	62.5%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	67.5%	57.1%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	50.0%	28.6%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	85.7%	54.5%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	61.7%	46.4%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	45.5%	14.3%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	53.6%	38.3%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	57.8%	42.2%
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.	+5.7	-9.5
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.	+9.5	-5.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2012 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Apr 19, 1987
Age	23	25
Height	183 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	10,095	8,435
Elo (entering)	2,169	2,153
Current career W-L	582–268	601–175
Current career earnings	$38,890,473	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka #1 6 – 4 Maria Sharapova #2

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Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marion Bartoli #10	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2012	SF
Romina Oprandi #69	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2012	QF
Elena Vesnina #78	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2012	R16
Sabine Lisicki #28	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2012	R32
Alizé Cornet #43	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2012	R64

Victoria Azarenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maria Sharapova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Na Li #8	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2012	SF
Angelique Kerber #6	6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2012	QF
Polona Hercog #90	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2012	R16
Sorana Cirstea #29	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2012	R32
Simona Halep #47	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2012	R64