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Simona Halep #1 def. Aryna Sabalenka #34

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Aryna Sabalenka

Stat	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	1	7
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	76	60
First serve points won %	64	58
Second serve points won %	62	44
Break points saved %	71	17
Break points converted %	83	29
Service points won %	64	52
Return points won %	48	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	ROU	BLR
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	May 5, 1998
Age	26	20
Height	168	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	34
Ranking points (entering)	8,061	1,405
Elo (entering)	2,106	1,804
Career W-L	446–197	399–138
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$50,259,447

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 1 – 0 Aryna Sabalenka

Path

Simona Halep's path

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

Simona Halep's next match

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

Aryna Sabalenka's path

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