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Maria Sharapova #4 def. Nadia Petrova #7

7-6(6) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	7-6(6) 6-4
Loser	Nadia Petrova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova
Aces	4	2
Double faults	8	12
First serve %	57	47
First serve points won %	64	63
Second serve points won %	47	37
Break points saved %	56	62
Break points converted %	38	44
Service points won %	57	49
Return points won %	51	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jun 8, 1982
Age	18	23
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,780	1,936
Elo (entering)	2,082	1,945
Career W-L	596–174	441–276
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$12,466,924

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 3 – 1 Nadia Petrova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 6-4	W	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 27, 2006	SF	Justine Henin	6-4 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Elena Vesnina	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Maria Elena Camerin	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Martina Müller	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Sophie Ferguson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data