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Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #5

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2016*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	7	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	66	62
First serve points won %	82	58
Second serve points won %	47	50
Break points saved %	33	56
Break points converted %	44	67
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	34	24
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	9,245	4,745
Elo (entering)	2,199	1,886
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 6 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2016	R16	Kateryna Volodko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2016	R32	Yulia Putintseva	7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R64	Laura Siegemund	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2016	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2016	R16	Barbora Strycova	6-3 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2016	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R64	Vania King	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data