SF Cincinnati Open 2018

Simona Halep #1 def. Aryna Sabalenka #34

6-3 6-4

Simona Halep defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-4 in the 2018 Cincinnati Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 18, 2018*
Tournament: Cincinnati Open
Edition: 2018
Category: Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	1	7
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	76.0%	60.0%
First serve points won %	64.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	62.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	71.0%	17.0%
Break points converted %	83.0%	29.0%
Service points won %	64.0%	52.0%
Return points won %	48.0%	36.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	ROU	BLR
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	May 5, 1998
Age	26	20
Height	168 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	34
Ranking points (entering)	8,061	1,405
Elo (entering)	2,113	1,874
Current career W-L	449–201	414–144
Current career earnings	$40,236,618	$50,422,999

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep #1 1 – 0 Aryna Sabalenka #34

Path

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lesia Tsurenko #44	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2018	QF
Ashleigh Barty #16	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 2018	R16
Ajla Tomljanovic #58	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2018	R32

Simona Halep's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kiki Bertens #17	6-2 6-7(6) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2018	F

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Madison Keys #13	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2018	QF
Caroline Garcia #5	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 2018	R16
Karolina Pliskova #8	2-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2018	R32
Johanna Konta #39	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 2018	R64