One more great women’s tennis rivalry that does not get talked about much is the Ana Ivanovic vs Maria Sharapova Rivalry because these 2 women were great Tennis players and they always brought out the best in each other and all tennis fans wanted to see them play. At their prime there were very few more tennis players who had a more complete game than these Two. Other than Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova kept women’s tennis at a very high standard.
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Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova went against each other for 10 years between 2005 -2015 and in those 10 years they had 14 matches against each other and although the Head to Head record favors Maria Sharapova by 10-4 , it cannot be denied that Ana Ivanovic was one of the most established players. So, let’s look at this tennis rivalry.
Head to Head in Grand Slams
Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova had only 2 Matches at Grand Slams and this is one of the fewest that any two great tennis players have faced each other and this says that both of them were not on the same side of the draw most of the time and the 2 times they did meet were at the 2008 Australian Open where Maria Sharapova won the match in straight sets and the other time they faced each other at a Grand Slam was at the 2007 French Open where Ana Ivanovic beat Maria Sharapova In straight sets so these Two are 1-1 in Grand Slams.
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Other Head to Head
They had 12 other matches which were not a part of Grand Slams and those were the matches where they brought out the best in each other and among the 12 matches that they played Maria Sharapova won 9 Matches and Ana Ivanovic won 3 Matches. Although they have had fewer matches as compared to the other great Tennis rivalries they played around the world in places like Switzerland, Japan, Madrid, Rome, Germany, China etc. Tennis fans around the world wished that Ana Ivanovic vs Maria Sharapova happened more often.
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The following is an illustration of their Head to Head:
Competition | Ana Ivanovic | Maria Sharapova |
Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
WTA Masters | 2 | 3 |
Other Tournaments | 1 | 6 |
Total | 4 | 10 |
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