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Simona Halep #20 def. Veronika Kudermetova #31

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 2022*
Tournament	Melbourne 1
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Veronika Kudermetova

Stat	Simona Halep	Veronika Kudermetova
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	63	48
Second serve points won %	57	41
Break points saved %	67	29
Break points converted %	71	33
Service points won %	61	45
Return points won %	55	39
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Veronika Kudermetova
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Apr 24, 1997
Age	30	24
Height	168	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	31
Ranking points (entering)	2,576	1,870
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,848
Career W-L	446–197	205–152
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$10,680,692

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 2 – 0 Veronika Kudermetova

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2022	SF	Qinwen Zheng	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2022	QF	Viktorija Golubic	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2022	R16	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2022	R32	Destanee Aiava	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Veronika Kudermetova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2022	SF	Naomi Osaka	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2022	QF	Anastasia Potapova	6-2 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2022	R16	Madison Brengle	6-0 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2022	R32	Viktoria Hruncakova	7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data