H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Arantxa Rus vs Maria Sharapova H2H: 0-1

Maria Sharapova holds a 1–0 lead over Arantxa Rus in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Maria Sharapova leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Maria Sharapova won the 2011 Madrid Open round of 64 2-6 6-3 6-2.

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Arantxa Rus
The Netherlands Age 35 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Maria Sharapova
RUS Age 39 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Maria Sharapova #9 2-6 6-3 6-2 Arantxa Rus #106 Match data May 4, 2011* R64 Madrid Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Arantxa Rus #204 #41 1,271 1,787 90 165 35.3% 0 0 0 0 1 1
Maria Sharapova #373 #1 10,690 2,264 601 175 77.4% 5 14 1 7 9 36

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Arantxa Rus Maria Sharapova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 2002 1–2 33.3% #188 1,503 0 0
16 2007 0–1 0.0% #466 1,494 0 0 2003 24–12 66.7% #32 1,778 0 2
17 2008 3–4 42.9% #170 1,505 0 0 2004 55–16 77.5% #4 2,074 1 7
18 2009 3–8 27.3% #115 1,465 0 0 2005 53–13 80.3% #4 2,099 1 10
19 2010 4–9 30.8% #139 1,459 0 0 2006 59–10 85.5% #2 2,239 2 15
20 2011 4–10 28.6% #80 1,503 0 0 2007 40–12 76.9% #5 2,146 2 16
21 2012 10–15 40.0% #72 1,550 0 0 2008 31–6 83.8% #9 2,158 3 19
22 2013 2–13 13.3% #157 1,457 0 0 2009 31–9 77.5% #14 2,076 3 20
23 — — — — — — — 2010 33–11 75.0% #18 1,991 3 22
24 2015 0–1 0.0% #283 1,445 0 0 2011 43–13 76.8% #4 1,994 3 24
25 2016 0–1 0.0% #176 1,483 0 0 2012 60–11 84.5% #2 2,167 4 27
26 2017 4–4 50.0% #134 1,479 0 0 2013 37–8 82.2% #4 2,170 4 29
27 2018 6–9 40.0% #118 1,593 0 0 2014 50–13 79.4% #2 2,102 5 33
28 2019 4–6 40.0% #93 1,580 0 0 2015 35–10 77.8% #4 2,066 5 35
29 2020 8–10 44.4% #74 1,667 0 0 2016 4–1 80.0% #91 2,074 5 35
30 2021 8–15 34.8% #64 1,676 0 0 2017 16–7 69.6% #61 2,007 5 36
31 2022 6–13 31.6% #116 1,568 0 0 2018 21–11 65.6% #29 1,923 5 36
32 2023 7–10 41.2% #51 1,669 0 1 2019 8–8 50.0% #133 1,877 5 36
33 2024 18–24 42.9% #76 1,695 0 1 2020 0–2 0.0% #373 1,837 5 36
34 2025 3–10 23.1% #137 1,596 0 1 — — — — — — —
35 2026 0–2 0.0% #204 1,560 0 1 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Arantxa Rus Maria Sharapova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2007 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2003 13 8 21 61.9% 0 2 2 0.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 4 0 4 100.0%
17 2008 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2004 34 12 46 73.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 12 0 12 100.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
18 2009 0 5 5 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2005 29 8 37 78.4% 9 3 12 75.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 5 1 6 83.3%
19 2010 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2006 45 5 50 90.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
20 2011 2 5 7 28.6% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2007 24 7 31 77.4% 7 2 9 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 2 1 3 66.7%
21 2012 1 8 9 11.1% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2008 17 2 19 89.5% 13 3 16 81.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
22 2013 0 4 4 0.0% 2 7 9 22.2% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2009 20 5 25 80.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 19 7 26 73.1% 7 2 9 77.8% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
24 2015 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2011 25 10 35 71.4% 12 2 14 85.7% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — —
25 2016 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 32 7 39 82.1% 19 1 20 95.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
26 2017 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2013 19 4 23 82.6% 17 3 20 85.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
27 2018 2 4 6 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2014 26 10 36 72.2% 19 1 20 95.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
28 2019 1 2 3 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2015 18 6 24 75.0% 12 3 15 80.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
29 2020 6 6 12 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2016 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2021 5 9 14 35.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2017 11 4 15 73.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — —
31 2022 2 7 9 22.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2018 10 6 16 62.5% 11 4 15 73.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
32 2023 1 6 7 14.3% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — 2019 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
33 2024 11 12 23 47.8% 6 8 14 42.9% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2020 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2025 0 4 4 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2026 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 35 80 115 30.4% 46 64 110 41.8% 9 21 30 30.0% — — — — — 354 112 466 76.0% 148 35 183 80.9% 81 21 102 79.4% 18 7 25 72.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 236/255 of Arantxa Rus's and 590/773 of Maria Sharapova's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Arantxa Rus Maria Sharapova
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 2007 1/1 1.0 3.0 51.3% 55.0% 21.1% 28.6% 0.0% 38.5% 26.2% 2003 7/36 3.4 3.4 60.1% 67.5% 51.4% 76.6% 46.5% 60.6% 44.3%
17 2008 4/7 3.8 1.8 62.2% 60.3% 49.7% 53.3% 50.8% 56.0% 37.4% 2004 16/71 4.6 4.6 61.6% 71.8% 51.7% 55.0% 50.1% 64.2% 49.1%
18 2009 10/11 2.8 4.3 54.6% 61.4% 44.6% 54.3% 35.9% 53.6% 35.9% 2005 31/66 3.6 3.0 63.9% 68.3% 51.1% 63.2% 45.2% 61.9% 47.0%
19 2010 13/13 1.7 2.8 66.3% 51.7% 43.2% 50.6% 41.4% 48.9% 43.2% 2006 65/69 4.2 3.5 65.7% 70.2% 49.3% 58.9% 54.6% 63.1% 49.0%
20 2011 13/14 1.5 4.2 65.7% 55.2% 39.8% 49.3% 48.5% 50.1% 42.5% 2007 47/52 3.7 5.9 64.2% 68.9% 43.8% 58.5% 55.5% 59.9% 48.0%
21 2012 23/25 1.3 4.7 69.3% 56.0% 37.9% 42.7% 46.8% 50.1% 41.9% 2008 30/37 3.6 5.7 65.5% 71.3% 48.2% 63.1% 51.1% 63.3% 50.0%
22 2013 12/15 0.9 9.9 64.1% 53.9% 32.1% 37.1% 48.1% 45.4% 41.5% 2009 37/40 3.6 7.7 64.4% 65.2% 42.0% 48.7% 52.0% 56.9% 49.2%
23 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 41/44 4.0 5.6 63.1% 73.2% 46.4% 53.5% 50.3% 63.1% 47.9%
24 2015 1/1 6.0 4.0 69.2% 63.5% 53.6% 62.5% 22.7% 60.4% 40.9% 2011 50/56 2.4 6.3 66.7% 66.1% 41.9% 50.2% 58.7% 58.0% 50.4%
25 2016 1/1 3.0 5.0 54.5% 50.0% 40.0% 54.5% 100.0% 45.5% 31.1% 2012 58/71 3.2 4.8 66.3% 68.4% 48.4% 62.4% 51.3% 61.8% 49.9%
26 2017 8/8 2.8 3.8 66.6% 65.1% 45.6% 51.2% 34.4% 58.5% 43.6% 2013 40/45 4.1 4.6 62.8% 73.6% 49.3% 59.7% 53.1% 64.8% 49.6%
27 2018 15/15 1.7 3.6 65.8% 59.8% 45.4% 52.7% 48.4% 55.2% 39.7% 2014 56/63 3.3 5.8 61.4% 68.9% 47.1% 51.5% 55.2% 60.5% 50.1%
28 2019 10/10 2.2 2.5 65.3% 57.6% 48.2% 51.1% 40.4% 54.5% 41.9% 2015 37/45 4.1 5.3 62.2% 72.8% 54.6% 61.7% 46.1% 65.8% 46.6%
29 2020 18/18 1.1 3.2 73.7% 59.4% 46.8% 62.9% 45.0% 56.0% 41.8% 2016 5/5 11.0 4.8 56.2% 77.4% 45.6% 42.7% 38.3% 63.3% 51.1%
30 2021 23/23 1.6 3.7 70.4% 61.8% 41.0% 58.5% 45.3% 55.6% 39.7% 2017 22/23 5.6 5.5 57.6% 71.2% 46.3% 58.5% 49.4% 60.8% 46.0%
31 2022 19/19 2.1 3.3 72.7% 61.5% 47.5% 52.5% 51.4% 57.0% 43.3% 2018 31/32 4.6 6.3 59.4% 66.9% 44.2% 50.3% 49.0% 57.7% 47.0%
32 2023 17/17 2.5 3.6 65.0% 60.4% 48.7% 56.3% 39.2% 56.4% 43.2% 2019 15/16 3.2 5.5 63.8% 64.3% 43.2% 53.1% 40.4% 56.9% 44.9%
33 2024 40/42 2.7 3.8 68.3% 62.3% 42.6% 50.4% 37.8% 56.2% 41.1% 2020 2/2 6.0 8.0 57.4% 70.1% 45.0% 33.3% 41.7% 59.5% 32.6%
34 2025 6/13 1.0 4.5 72.5% 51.7% 38.4% 45.4% 55.4% 47.4% 46.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2026 2/2 0.5 3.0 66.5% 56.1% 34.8% 18.8% 41.7% 48.9% 32.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 236/255 1.9 4.0 67.6% 59.1% 43.0% 51.3% 43.8% 53.8% 41.3% — 590/776 3.8 5.3 63.6% 69.5% 47.2% 56.7% 51.7% 61.3% 48.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Arantxa Rus Maria Sharapova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1504 110.4 — — — — +30 — — 37.5% -0.25 1–1 0–1 — -0.19
16 2007 1495 93.6 -0.57 -2.37 0.426 32.1% — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — -0.12 2003 1779 134.3 +2.16 +0.59 1.123 52.8% -35 — -9 62.2% +1.01 7–5 (58%) 5–6 (45%) 103.1 +1.00
17 2008 1505 102.1 +0.12 -2.71 0.849 47.0% +30 — — 37.5% -0.56 2–0 0–1 — +0.31 2004 2075 160.2 +5.99 +3.49 1.370 56.2% -57 -383 +32 70.6% +1.66 15–6 (71%) 2–5 (29%) 106.7 -0.75
18 2009 1466 100.1 -1.51 -4.63 0.775 45.0% +4 +94 — 34.6% -1.12 1–3 (25%) 2–1 (67%) 98.4 +0.52 2005 2099 166.8 +5.53 +3.06 1.233 54.4% +3 -259 +90 73.5% +1.92 17–4 (81%) 7–4 (64%) 110.0 -1.58
19 2010 1459 96.5 -4.18 -1.79 0.845 46.2% — +59 +86 35.5% -1.13 2–3 (40%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.15 2006 2239 171.2 +7.19 +5.40 1.327 55.9% +47 -395 -48 83.2% +2.22 6–3 (67%) 9–1 (90%) 106.5 -0.72
20 2011 1503 127.4 -1.44 +0.09 0.852 46.5% -26 +48 — 36.1% -1.11 3–5 (38%) 1–0 — -1.09 2007 2147 162.6 +4.20 +4.33 1.195 53.9% +73 -223 +47 73.2% +1.66 10–4 (71%) 5–2 (71%) 101.7 -1.40
21 2012 1551 113.5 -3.60 -1.00 0.839 46.1% -120 +68 +32 41.8% -0.95 4–5 (44%) 3–2 (60%) 101.6 -0.11 2008 2158 159.5 +6.81 +5.50 1.362 56.2% +107 -167 — 77.8% +2.09 10–3 (77%) 7–3 (70%) 104.9 -0.56
22 2013 1458 98.4 -4.27 -2.41 0.761 43.6% -66 +91 — 17.6% -2.26 2–2 (50%) 0–1 — +0.09 2009 2076 148.9 +1.97 +5.02 1.140 52.9% +130 -100 -34 66.3% +1.14 14–3 (82%) 3–4 (43%) 100.7 +0.32
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1992 156.3 +6.24 +4.11 1.299 55.3% +92 -12 +88 69.6% +1.69 9–5 (64%) 2–4 (33%) 96.6 0.00
24 2015 1445 98.1 -0.01 -1.25 1.035 49.1% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 — — +0.05 2011 1994 155.2 +2.58 +6.97 1.200 54.1% -10 +64 +124 70.2% +1.52 12–1 (92%) 8–2 (80%) 108.8 +0.41
25 2016 1483 98.7 +0.15 -0.67 0.570 38.2% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — +0.04 2012 2167 168.4 +6.37 +7.20 1.305 55.7% -46 +49 -37 75.8% +1.95 14–1 (93%) 8–6 (57%) 109.9 -3.27
26 2017 1480 106.2 -0.06 -0.21 1.053 50.2% — +51 +80 50.0% +0.28 1–1 0–1 — +0.53 2013 2171 165.9 +8.74 +6.16 1.409 56.7% -28 +101 — 80.0% +2.14 5–2 (71%) 2–2 (50%) 100.3 -1.17
27 2018 1593 122.1 -0.98 -1.96 0.886 47.3% -94 -2 +8 40.0% -0.57 3–2 (60%) 1–5 (17%) 99.0 -0.69 2014 2102 166.1 +4.81 +7.11 1.270 55.2% -43 +205 -9 69.7% +1.51 20–8 (71%) 7–8 (47%) 97.7 -1.90
28 2019 1581 103.4 -1.08 -0.65 0.919 48.1% -64 -5 — 42.9% -0.86 0–1 0–1 — -0.21 2015 2066 159.8 +6.34 +5.11 1.365 55.9% -11 +167 +15 74.5% +2.02 8–2 (80%) 0–6 (0%) 96.3 -1.45
29 2020 1668 133.9 -0.23 -0.73 0.949 49.3% -31 -64 — 47.5% -0.15 1–5 (17%) 2–4 (33%) 95.4 -0.26 2016 2074 132.1 +2.31 +3.11 1.391 56.6% -2 — — 72.7% +2.18 1–0 0–1 — -0.38
30 2021 1676 121.0 -0.84 -1.87 0.895 48.2% -38 +25 — 38.0% -0.88 1–5 (17%) 1–2 (33%) 93.5 -1.00 2017 2008 140.4 +3.36 +2.15 1.173 53.4% +44 +217 — 68.6% +1.41 6–3 (67%) 3–2 (60%) 97.6 -0.43
31 2022 1569 122.2 -0.51 -0.01 1.008 50.2% -12 +99 — 44.7% -0.23 0–9 (0%) 2–3 (40%) 89.9 +0.84 2018 1923 146.3 +1.41 +3.43 1.111 52.2% +35 +236 — 63.0% +0.96 5–6 (45%) 3–3 (50%) 92.0 +0.14
32 2023 1670 125.7 -0.17 -0.63 0.990 49.8% -152 +253 — 44.7% -0.16 3–3 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 98.2 +0.03 2019 1877 145.3 +0.28 +1.89 1.042 50.8% +56 — +135 59.3% +0.59 1–2 (33%) 3–0 (100%) 100.4 -1.54
33 2024 1696 129.4 -0.44 -1.94 0.940 48.5% -82 +151 -243 44.8% -0.32 5–7 (42%) 4–9 (31%) 97.4 -1.21 2020 1838 108.1 +0.15 +0.49 0.806 46.2% — — — 20.0% -1.60 0–1 0–1 — -0.11
34 2025 1596 114.7 -3.65 +1.14 0.888 47.3% -46 +110 — 26.7% -1.03 2–2 (50%) 0–3 (0%) — +0.14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2026 1560 102.3 +0.05 -3.01 0.643 41.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — 0–1 — +0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1788 122.7 -1.37 -1.34 0.894 47.6% -57 +85 -28 39.0% -0.75 30–54 (36%) 18–38 (32%) 86.9 -0.74 — 2265 167.5 +5.03 +5.13 1.257 54.8% +13 +7 +28 72.0% +1.67 161–60 (73%) 74–61 (55%) 104.4 -1.78

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.