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Serena Williams #11 def. Simona Halep #2

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	4	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	55	68
First serve points won %	77	52
Second serve points won %	38	39
Break points saved %	25	54
Break points converted %	46	75
Service points won %	60	48
Return points won %	52	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	39	29
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,265	7,255
Elo (entering)	2,030	2,061
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 9 – 3 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Aryna Sabalenka	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Anastasia Potapova	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Nina Stojanovic	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Laura Siegemund	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2021	SF	Naomi Osaka	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Iga Swiatek	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2021	R32	Veronika Kudermetova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Ajla Tomljanovic	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Lizette Cabrera	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data