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Francesca Schiavone #15 def. Nicole Vaidisova #16

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2006*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Francesca Schiavone
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Nicole Vaidisova

Stat	Francesca Schiavone	Nicole Vaidisova
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	48	63
First serve points won %	68	61
Second serve points won %	58	52
Break points saved %	86	20
Break points converted %	80	14
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Francesca Schiavone	Nicole Vaidisova
Country	ITA	CZE
Birth date	Jun 23, 1980	Apr 23, 1989
Age	25	16
Height	166	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,121	1,060
Elo (entering)	1,965	1,967
Career W-L	439–367	155–84
Career earnings	$11,324,245	$2,778,619

Pre-match H2H

Francesca Schiavone 1 – 0 Nicole Vaidisova

Path

Francesca Schiavone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Kim Clijsters	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Zi Yan	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Francesca Schiavone's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2006	F	Justine Henin	6-4 5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Nicole Vaidisova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Yuliana Fedak	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Samantha Stosur	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data