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Elena Dementieva #8 def. Ana Ivanovic #19

2-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Elena Dementieva
Score	2-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Ana Ivanovic

Stat	Elena Dementieva	Ana Ivanovic
Aces	0	2
Double faults	14	6
First serve %	56	48
First serve points won %	56	61
Second serve points won %	38	36
Break points saved %	12	53
Break points converted %	47	88
Service points won %	48	48
Return points won %	52	52
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Dementieva	Ana Ivanovic
Country	RUS	SRB
Birth date	Oct 14, 1981	Nov 6, 1987
Age	24	18
Height	180	184
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,043	912
Elo (entering)	1,972	1,850
Career W-L	472–243	419–213
Career earnings	$14,867,437	$15,510,787

Pre-match H2H

Elena Dementieva 0 – 0 Ana Ivanovic

Path

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Na Li	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Sania Mirza	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Anastasiya Yakimova	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	SF	Justine Henin	2-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ana Ivanovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Anna Chakvetadze	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Shenay Perry	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Severine Beltrame	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data