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Serena Williams #81 def. Maria Sharapova #2

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2007*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	7	3
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	67	51
First serve points won %	79	67
Second serve points won %	62	26
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	73	47
Return points won %	53	27
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	25	19
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	81	2
Ranking points (entering)	331	3,532
Elo (entering)	2,052	2,238
Career W-L	825–170	596–174
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2007	SF	Nicole Vaidisova	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Shahar Peer	3-6 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Jelena Jankovic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Nadia Petrova	1-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Anne Kremer	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Mara Santangelo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2007	SF	Kim Clijsters	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Anna Chakvetadze	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Vera Zvonareva	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Tathiana Garbin	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Anastasia Rodionova	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Camille Pin	6-3 4-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data