QF Los Angeles 2006

Maria Sharapova #4 def. Dinara Safina #15

6-2 6-4

Maria Sharapova defeated Dinara Safina 6-2 6-4 in the 2006 Los Angeles quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date
Aug 12, 2006*
Tournament
Los Angeles
Edition
2006
Category
Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface
Hard
Round
QF

Match Statistics

StatMaria SharapovaDinara Safina
Aces21
Double faults34
First serve %65.0%62.0%
First serve points won %69.0%54.0%
Second serve points won %59.0%35.0%
Break points saved %71.0%29.0%
Break points converted %71.0%29.0%
Service points won %65.0%47.0%
Return points won %53.0%35.0%
Total points won %59.0%41.0%
Match Serve++9.3-9.3
Match Return++9.3-9.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2006 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMaria SharapovaDinara Safina
Country RUS RUS
Birth dateApr 19, 1987Apr 27, 1986
Age1920
Height188 cm182 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)415
Ranking points (entering)2,7001,286
Elo (entering)2,1631,923
Current career W-L601–175304–161
Current career earnings$38,777,962$10,585,640
Pre-match H2H
Maria Sharapova #4 2 – 2 Dinara Safina #15

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Path

Maria Sharapova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Marion Bartoli #266-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 2006R16
Anastasia Rodionova #1066-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 10, 2006R32

Maria Sharapova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #65-7 2-6LH2HMatch dataAug 12, 2006SF

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Laura Granville #566-2 7-6(2)WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 2006R16
Vania King #761-6 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch dataAug 10, 2006R32