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Simona Halep #1 def. Elise Mertens #16

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2018*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Simona Halep	Elise Mertens
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	75	57
First serve points won %	63	48
Second serve points won %	70	28
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	65	40
Return points won %	60	35
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Elise Mertens
Country	ROU	BEL
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Nov 17, 1995
Age	26	22
Height	168	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	7,270	2,525
Elo (entering)	2,023	1,907
Career W-L	446–197	311–199
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 1 – 0 Elise Mertens

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Andrea Petkovic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Taylor Townsend	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Alison Riske-Amritraj	2-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2018	QF	Angelique Kerber	6-7(2) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Daria Saville	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Heather Watson	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Varvara Lepchenko	6-7(9) 7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data