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Simona Halep #2 def. Garbiñe Muguruza #17

6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 20, 2020*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	Garbiñe Muguruza

Stat	Simona Halep	Garbiñe Muguruza
Aces	2	0
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	68	57
First serve points won %	52	58
Second serve points won %	41	33
Break points saved %	53	50
Break points converted %	50	47
Service points won %	48	47
Return points won %	53	52
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Garbiñe Muguruza
Country	ROU	ESP
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Oct 8, 1993
Age	28	26
Height	168	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	17
Ranking points (entering)	6,356	2,771
Elo (entering)	2,048	1,959
Career W-L	446–197	306–178
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$24,813,892

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 2 – 4 Garbiñe Muguruza

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 2020	QF	Yulia Putintseva	6-2 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 2020	R16	Dayana Yastremska	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2020	R32	Jasmine Paolini	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 2020	F	Karolina Pliskova	6-0 2-1	W	H2H	Match data

Garbiñe Muguruza's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 2020	QF	Victoria Azarenka	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 2020	R16	Johanna Konta	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2020	R32	Coco Gauff	7-6(3) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2020	R64	Sloane Stephens	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data