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Simona Halep #7 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #34

6-3 0-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 6, 2016*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 0-6 6-1
Loser	Irina-Camelia Begu

Stat	Simona Halep	Irina-Camelia Begu
Aces	0	1
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	67	66
First serve points won %	60	71
Second serve points won %	56	28
Break points saved %	73	67
Break points converted %	33	27
Service points won %	59	57
Return points won %	43	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Irina-Camelia Begu
Country	ROU	ROU
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Aug 26, 1990
Age	24	25
Height	168	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	34
Ranking points (entering)	3,660	1,410
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,741
Career W-L	446–197	249–234
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$9,074,683

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 1 – 0 Irina-Camelia Begu

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2016	R16	Timea Bacsinszky	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2016	R32	Karin Knapp	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2016	R64	Misaki Doi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	SF	Samantha Stosur	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2016	R16	Christina Mchale	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2016	R32	Garbiñe Muguruza	5-7 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2016	R64	Eugenie Bouchard	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data