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Simona Halep #1 def. Sofia Kenin #37

6-3 6-7(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date Jan 17, 2019*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Simona Halep
Score6-3 6-7(5) 6-4
Loser Sofia Kenin
StatSimona HalepSofia Kenin
Aces91
Double faults12
First serve %6371
First serve points won %7558
Second serve points won %5555
Break points saved %5064
Break points converted %3650
Service points won %6757
Return points won %4333
Total points won %5347

Pre-match Comparison

FieldSimona HalepSofia Kenin
Country ROU USA
Birth dateSep 27, 1991Nov 14, 1998
Age2720
Height168170
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)137
Ranking points (entering)6,6421,259
Elo (entering)2,0121,794
Career W-L446–197172–150
Career earnings$40,236,618$12,503,627
Pre-match H2H
Simona Halep 0 0 Sofia Kenin

Path

Simona Halep's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2019R128 Kaia Kanepi 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data

Simona Halep's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2019R32 Venus Williams 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data

Sofia Kenin's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2019R128 Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 3-6 7-5WH2HMatch data