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Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #3

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 2015*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	15	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	62	74
First serve points won %	83	62
Second serve points won %	33	33
Break points saved %	82	50
Break points converted %	50	18
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
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	33	23
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	11,821	5,546
Elo (entering)	2,210	2,024
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 5 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	SF	Elina Svitolina	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	QF	Ana Ivanovic	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2015	R16	Karin Knapp	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2015	R32	Tsvetana Pironkova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	SF	Jelena Jankovic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2015	R16	Andrea Petkovic	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2015	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	7-5 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data