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Simona Halep #3 def. Venus Williams #43

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 22, 2019*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Simona Halep	Venus Williams
Aces	1	1
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	73	61
First serve points won %	75	57
Second serve points won %	69	42
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	73	51
Return points won %	49	27
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Venus Williams
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Jun 17, 1980
Age	27	38
Height	168	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	43
Ranking points (entering)	5,457	1,210
Elo (entering)	1,999	1,925
Career W-L	446–197	768–288
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 3 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2019	R32	Polona Hercog	5-7 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2019	R64	Taylor Townsend	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2019	QF	Qiang Wang	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2019	R32	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2019	R64	Carla Suárez Navarro	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2019	R128	Dalila Jakupovic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data