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Simona Halep #2 def. Sloane Stephens #151

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 2017*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Sloane Stephens

Stat	Simona Halep	Sloane Stephens
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	72	73
First serve points won %	66	52
Second serve points won %	91	17
Break points saved %	—	44
Break points converted %	56	—
Service points won %	72	42
Return points won %	58	28
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Sloane Stephens
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Mar 20, 1993
Age	25	24
Height	168	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	151
Ranking points (entering)	6,150	361
Elo (entering)	2,015	1,895
Career W-L	446–197	298–240
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$19,347,815

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 3 – 2 Sloane Stephens

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2017	QF	Johanna Konta	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2017	R16	Anastasija Sevastova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2017	R32	Taylor Townsend	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2017	F	Garbiñe Muguruza	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sloane Stephens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2017	QF	Julia Goerges	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2017	R16	Ekaterina Makarova	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2017	R32	Petra Kvitova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2017	R64	Lucie Safarova	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data