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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Silvia Farina Elia #19

4-6 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	4-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	Silvia Farina Elia

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Silvia Farina Elia
Aces	4	—
Double faults	2	—
First serve %	62	—
First serve points won %	55	—
Second serve points won %	55	—
Break points saved %	55	—
Break points converted %	53	—
Service points won %	55	—
Return points won %	54	—
Total points won %	54	—

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Silvia Farina Elia
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Apr 27, 1972
Age	17	32
Height	188	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	19
Ranking points (entering)	3,536	1,340
Elo (entering)	2,070	1,796
Career W-L	596–174	365–309
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$3,688,252

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 0 – 1 Silvia Farina Elia

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Na Li	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Lindsay Lee-Waters	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Sesil Karatantcheva	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Silvia Farina Elia's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Elena Baltacha	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Marta Domachowska	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Julia Schruff	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data