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Serena Williams #1 def. Maria Sharapova #2

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	18	5
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	65	58
First serve points won %	84	67
Second serve points won %	38	47
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Apr 19, 1987
Age	33	27
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	8,016	7,335
Elo (entering)	2,224	2,140
Career W-L	825–170	596–174
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 15 – 2 Maria Sharapova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2015	SF	Madison Keys	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2015	QF	Dominika Cibulkova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2015	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2015	R32	Elina Svitolina	4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Vera Zvonareva	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Alison Van Uytvanck	6-0 6-4	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 30, 2015	SF	Ekaterina Makarova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2015	QF	Eugenie Bouchard	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2015	R16	Shuai Peng	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2015	R32	Zarina Diyas	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Alexandra Panova	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Petra Martic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data