Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Serena Williams #9 def. Maria Sharapova #2

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2012*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	11	3
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	52	57
First serve points won %	81	52
Second serve points won %	46	32
Break points saved %	80	38
Break points converted %	62	20
Service points won %	64	43
Return points won %	57	36
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	30	25
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,300	8,260
Elo (entering)	2,135	2,105
Career W-L	825–170	596–174
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 7 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2012	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2012	R32	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2012	R64	Elena Vesnina	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2012	SF	Lucie Hradecka	7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2012	R16	Lucie Safarova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2012	R32	Klara Koukalova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2012	R64	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data