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Ekaterina Makarova #11 def. Simona Halep #3

6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ekaterina Makarova
Score	6-4 6-0
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Ekaterina Makarova	Simona Halep
Aces	—	3
Double faults	—	4
First serve %	—	56
First serve points won %	—	54
Second serve points won %	—	36
Break points saved %	—	17
Break points converted %	—	11
Service points won %	—	46
Return points won %	—	38
Total points won %	—	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ekaterina Makarova	Simona Halep
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Jun 7, 1988	Sep 27, 1991
Age	26	23
Height	180	168
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)	1,874	2,002
Career W-L	248–222	446–197
Career earnings	$13,229,362	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Ekaterina Makarova 0 – 1 Simona Halep

Path

Ekaterina Makarova's path

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

Ekaterina Makarova's next match

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

Simona Halep's path

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