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Serena Williams #16 def. Simona Halep #1

6-1 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 4-6 6-4
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	9	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	60	65
First serve points won %	77	75
Second serve points won %	42	31
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	37	27
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,976	6,642
Elo (entering)	2,087	2,029
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 8 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2019	R32	Dayana Yastremska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Eugenie Bouchard	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Tatjana Maria	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2019	QF	Karolina Pliskova	4-6 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2019	R32	Venus Williams	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Sofia Kenin	6-3 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Kaia Kanepi	6-7(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data