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Serena Williams #1 def. Maria Sharapova #5

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	13	3
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	58	55
First serve points won %	73	59
Second serve points won %	52	38
Break points saved %	80	60
Break points converted %	40	20
Service points won %	64	50
Return points won %	50	36
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	34	28
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	9,945	4,542
Elo (entering)	2,203	2,059
Career W-L	825–170	596–174
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 17 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Margarita Gasparyan	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Daria Kasatkina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Camila Giorgi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2016	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Belinda Bencic	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Lauren Davis	6-1 6-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Nao Hibino	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data