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Maria Sharapova #2 def. Venus Williams #63

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2012*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Venus Williams
Aces	4	6
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	60	53
First serve points won %	81	74
Second serve points won %	42	39
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Venus Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jun 17, 1980
Age	25	31
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	63
Ranking points (entering)	7,610	950
Elo (entering)	2,104	2,016
Career W-L	596–174	768–288
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 3 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Ana Ivanovic	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2012	R32	Christina Mchale	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	SF	Angelique Kerber	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2012	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R64	Simona Halep	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data