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Dinara Safina #17 def. Maria Sharapova #4

7-5 2-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	7-5 2-6 7-5
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Maria Sharapova
Aces	4	5
Double faults	8	7
First serve %	50	71
First serve points won %	54	58
Second serve points won %	48	31
Break points saved %	53	20
Break points converted %	80	47
Service points won %	51	50
Return points won %	50	49
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Maria Sharapova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Apr 19, 1987
Age	20	19
Height	182	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,099	2,543
Elo (entering)	1,956	2,137
Career W-L	299–160	596–174
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Katarina Srebotnik	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Hana Sromova	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-7(5) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Alicia Molik	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Iveta Benesova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Mashona Washington	6-2 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data