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Simona Halep #1 def. Petra Martic #51

6-4 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Petra Martic

Stat	Simona Halep	Petra Martic
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	80	66
First serve points won %	72	63
Second serve points won %	45	46
Break points saved %	50	69
Break points converted %	31	50
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Petra Martic
Country	ROU	CRO
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Jan 19, 1991
Age	26	27
Height	168	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	51
Ranking points (entering)	7,965	1,062
Elo (entering)	2,031	1,744
Career W-L	446–197	212–214
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$9,220,466

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 1 – 1 Petra Martic

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Qiang Wang	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Caroline Dolehide	1-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Kristyna Pliskova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2018	SF	Naomi Osaka	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Martic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Marketa Vondrousova	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Jelena Ostapenko	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Barbora Strycova	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2018	R128	Tatjana Maria	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data