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Maria Sharapova #5 def. Elena Dementieva #8

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 12, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Elena Dementieva
Aces	1	0
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	82	73
First serve points won %	62	43
Second serve points won %	40	24
Break points saved %	0	56
Break points converted %	44	100
Service points won %	58	38
Return points won %	62	42
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Elena Dementieva
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Oct 14, 1981
Age	18	24
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,574	2,043
Elo (entering)	2,123	2,010
Career W-L	596–174	472–243
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 3 – 1 Elena Dementieva

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	SF	Martina Hingis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	QF	Anna-Lena Groenefeld	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Shahar Peer	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Lisa Raymond	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Jamea Jackson	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	SF	Justine Henin	2-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	QF	Ana Ivanovic	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Na Li	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Sania Mirza	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Anastasiya Yakimova	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data