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Simona Halep #7 def. Samantha Stosur #23

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 6, 2016*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Samantha Stosur

Stat	Simona Halep	Samantha Stosur
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	80	63
First serve points won %	82	54
Second serve points won %	71	14
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	80	39
Return points won %	61	20
Total points won %	70	30

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Samantha Stosur
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Mar 30, 1984
Age	24	32
Height	168	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	23
Ranking points (entering)	3,660	1,995
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,833
Career W-L	446–197	451–335
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$20,070,126

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 3 – 3 Samantha Stosur

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	QF	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-3 0-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2016	R16	Timea Bacsinszky	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2016	R32	Karin Knapp	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2016	R64	Misaki Doi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2016	F	Dominika Cibulkova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Samantha Stosur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	QF	Patricia Maria Tig	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2016	R16	Carla Suárez Navarro	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2016	R32	Lucie Safarova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2016	R64	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data