Simona Halep #2 def. Daria Kasatkina #34

6-2 6-1

Simona Halep defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-1 in the 2017 China Open quarterfinal on hard courts on October 6, 2017.

Match Information

Date: Oct 6, 2017
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2017
Category: Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Simona Halep	Daria Kasatkina
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	55	62
First serve points won %	62	40
Second serve points won %	54	22
Break points saved %	60	22
Break points converted %	78	40
Service points won %	58	33
Return points won %	67	42
Total points won %	62	38
Serve rating	103	71
Return rating	143	83

Player Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Daria Kasatkina
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	May 7, 1997
Age	26	20
Height	168 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	34
Ranking points (entering)	5,645	1,595
Elo (entering)	2,008	1,839
Current career W-L	449–201	324–232
Current career earnings	$40,236,618	$15,115,757

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep #2 2 – 1 Daria Kasatkina #34

Path

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Sharapova #104	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2017	R16
Magdalena Rybarikova #28	6-1 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2017	R32
Alison Riske-Amritraj #51	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 30, 2017	R64

Simona Halep's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jelena Ostapenko #8	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2017	SF

Daria Kasatkina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Agnieszka Radwanska #11	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2017	R16
Lara Arruabarrena #90	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2017	R32
Natalia Vikhlyantseva #64	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 30, 2017	R64