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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Ekaterina Makarova #56

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Ekaterina Makarova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Ekaterina Makarova
Aces	3	—
Double faults	4	—
First serve %	77	—
First serve points won %	71	—
Second serve points won %	40	—
Break points saved %	50	—
Break points converted %	36	—
Service points won %	64	—
Return points won %	52	—
Total points won %	58	—

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Ekaterina Makarova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jun 7, 1988
Age	24	23
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	56
Ranking points (entering)	6,440	1,114
Elo (entering)	2,015	1,700
Career W-L	596–174	248–222
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$13,229,362

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 2 – 0 Ekaterina Makarova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Sabine Lisicki	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Angelique Kerber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Jamie Hampton	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Gisela Dulko	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2012	SF	Petra Kvitova	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ekaterina Makarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Serena Williams	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Vera Zvonareva	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Kaia Kanepi	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-0 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data