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Simona Halep #1 def. Naomi Osaka #72

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Naomi Osaka

Stat	Simona Halep	Naomi Osaka
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	66	62
First serve points won %	65	59
Second serve points won %	55	35
Break points saved %	88	29
Break points converted %	71	12
Service points won %	62	50
Return points won %	50	38
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Naomi Osaka
Country	ROU	JPN
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Oct 16, 1997
Age	26	20
Height	168	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	72
Ranking points (entering)	6,425	871
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,728
Career W-L	446–197	240–130
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$26,367,552

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 2 – 0 Naomi Osaka

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Lauren Davis	4-6 6-4 15-13	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Eugenie Bouchard	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Destanee Aiava	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Ashleigh Barty	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Elena Vesnina	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Kristina Kucova	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data