Thursday, June 7, 2007 By Christian Lacaze 0 The number of times Maria Sharapova has made it through to a final in a clay court tournament. This is the third time she has lost at the semi-final stage.
1 Seeded No.7 here, Ana Ivanovic should not rely on statistical precedence to win the final. Only one No.7 seed has won the French Open (Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario1989) while only one other has ever got to the final (Helga Niessen in 1970).
8 The women's number one seed has made it through to the final of the French Open every year since 1999, eight years ago.
10 Justine Henin will be playing in the 10th Grand Slam final of her career – as many as Serena Williams and just two fewer than Martina Hingis.
20 The number of consecutive matches won by Justine Henin here at Roland Garros since 2007. That equals a mark set by Steffi Graf but is still some way short of Monica Seles (25) and Chris Evert (29).
24 Justine Henin and Jelena Jankovic made the same number of unforced errors in their semi-final (24). The Belgian’s 25 winners, compared with 11 by the Serbian, were the difference between the two players.
31 The total number of games played in Thursday’s women’s singles semi-finals. It equals the marks of 1990, 1991 and 2005, but is more than the record low of 30 registered in 1970, 1982 and 1993.
33 The number of consecutive sets won by Justine Henin here at the French Open – a record for the Open era.
100 The percentage of break points won by Ana Ivanovic in her semi-final win over Maria Sharapova.
0 No mixed doubles pairings have managed to retain their title here at the French Open since the beginning of the Open era.
