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Simona Halep #2 def. Catherine Bellis #48

6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 2018*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-0 6-4
Loser	Catherine Bellis

Stat	Simona Halep	Catherine Bellis
Aces	4	0
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	59	68
First serve points won %	58	46
Second serve points won %	53	42
Break points saved %	80	68
Break points converted %	32	20
Service points won %	56	45
Return points won %	55	44
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Catherine Bellis
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Apr 8, 1999
Age	26	18
Height	168	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	48
Ranking points (entering)	7,616	1,110
Elo (entering)	2,034	1,818
Career W-L	446–197	40–36
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$1,431,153

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 0 – 0 Catherine Bellis

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2018	R16	Anastasija Sevastova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2018	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2018	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Catherine Bellis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2018	R16	Karolina Pliskova	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2018	R32	Madison Keys	2-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2018	R64	Daria Kasatkina	7-5 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2018	Q2	Sofya Zhuk	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2018	Q1	Mubaraka Al-Naimi	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data