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Angelique Kerber #2 def. Simona Halep #4

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 2016*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Simona Halep
Aces	1	0
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	71	67
First serve points won %	62	54
Second serve points won %	45	43
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	57	51
Return points won %	49	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Simona Halep
Country	GER	ROU
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Sep 27, 1991
Age	28	24
Height	173	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	6,375	5,386
Elo (entering)	1,966	2,028
Career W-L	461–270	446–197
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 1 – 3 Simona Halep

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Barbora Strycova	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2016	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2016	F	Karolina Pliskova	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Daria Saville	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2016	R32	Annika Beck	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data