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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Daniela Hantuchova #17

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Daniela Hantuchova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchova
Aces	3	3
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	61	70
First serve points won %	63	58
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	58	51
Return points won %	49	42
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchova
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Apr 23, 1983
Age	18	22
Height	188	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,780	1,081
Elo (entering)	2,073	1,908
Career W-L	596–174	457–361
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$10,436,407

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 3 – 2 Daniela Hantuchova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Ashley Harkleroad	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Sandra Kloesel	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2006	QF	Nadia Petrova	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Daniela Hantuchova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Serena Williams	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Akgul Amanmuradova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Saori Obata	3-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data