Before the Australian Open started, we did a top 10 list of fun facts, now that Maria has won her 3rd Grand Slam title we thought we'll list some interesting statistics. Here is the list:
1. Maria lost no sets and only 32 games on her way to the title.
2. Maria spent a total time of 9 hours and 29 minutes on court in her 7 matches.
3. 176 winners and 116 unforced errors in Maria's 7 winning matches.
4.187KMH was Maria's fastest serve during the fortnight.
5. Maria is the 1st Russian woman to win the Australian Open and the only Russian woman to have won multiple singles Grand Slam titles.
6. En route to winning the title Maria beat 2 Russians (Vesnina & Dementieva), 2 Serbians (Ivanovic & Jankovic), 1 Belgian (Henin), 1 American (Davenport) and 1 Croatian (Kostanic-Tosic).
7. Maria won 3 consecutive matches against top 4 players. (#1 seed Henin in the quarters, #3 seed Jankovic in the semis and #4 seed Ivanovic in the final.
8. In winning the Australian Open, Maria has now won 3 out of 4 Grand Slam finals she has played in (75% winning %).
9. Maria is one of only 4 active players to have won 3 out of the 4 Grand Slam titles (the other 3 are Serena Williams, Justine Henin & Lindsay Davenport).
10.Most important of all, Maria won her 3rd Grand Slam title!