QF Australian Open 2015

Ekaterina Makarova #11 def. Simona Halep #3

6-4 6-0

Ekaterina Makarova defeated Simona Halep 6-4 6-0 in the 2015 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 29, 2015*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2015
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Ekaterina Makarova	Simona Halep
Aces	0	3
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	75.0%	56.0%
First serve points won %	61.0%	54.0%
Second serve points won %	67.0%	36.0%
Break points saved %	89.0%	17.0%
Break points converted %	83.0%	11.0%
Service points won %	62.0%	46.0%
Return points won %	54.0%	38.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Ekaterina Makarova	Simona Halep
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Jun 7, 1988	Sep 27, 1991
Age	26	23
Height	180 cm	168 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,970	6,571
Elo (entering)	1,876	2,024
Current career W-L	252–225	449–201
Current career earnings	$13,229,362	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Ekaterina Makarova #11 0 – 1 Simona Halep #3

Path

Ekaterina Makarova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Julia Goerges #73	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2015	R16
Karolina Pliskova #20	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2015	R32
Roberta Vinci #45	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2015	R64
An-Sophie Mestach #102	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2015	R128

Ekaterina Makarova's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Sharapova #2	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 2015	SF

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yanina Wickmayer #80	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2015	R16
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #258	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2015	R32
Jarmila Wolfe #62	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2015	R64
Karin Knapp #50	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2015	R128