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Maria Sharapova #5 def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld #18

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Anna-Lena Groenefeld

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Aces	4	2
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	51	56
First serve points won %	78	55
Second serve points won %	42	29
Break points saved %	75	58
Break points converted %	42	25
Service points won %	60	44
Return points won %	56	40
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	—
Age	18	—
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	18
Ranking points (entering)	2,574	919
Elo (entering)	2,103	1,799
Career W-L	596–174	109–130
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$4,662,619

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 2 – 0 Anna-Lena Groenefeld

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Shahar Peer	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Lisa Raymond	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Jamea Jackson	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	SF	Martina Hingis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Anna-Lena Groenefeld's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Maret Ani	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Anna Smashnova	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Julia Schruff	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data