SF Italian Open 2017

Simona Halep #4 def. Kiki Bertens #20

7-5 6-1

Simona Halep defeated Kiki Bertens 7-5 6-1 in the 2017 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 20, 2017*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2017
Category: Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Simona Halep	Kiki Bertens
Aces	0	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	74.0%	67.0%
First serve points won %	68.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	62.0%	27.0%
Break points saved %	75.0%	60.0%
Break points converted %	40.0%	25.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	48.0%
Return points won %	52.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Kiki Bertens
Country	ROU	NED
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Dec 10, 1991
Age	25	25
Height	168 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	20
Ranking points (entering)	5,205	2,064
Elo (entering)	2,007	1,738
Current career W-L	449–201	216–172
Current career earnings	$40,236,618	$11,653,189

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep #4 1 – 1 Kiki Bertens #20

Path

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anett Kontaveit #68	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 20, 2017	QF
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #17	6-1 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 2017	R16
Laura Siegemund #32	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 2017	R32

Simona Halep's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elina Svitolina #11	6-4 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 21, 2017	F

Kiki Bertens's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Daria Saville #33	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 20, 2017	QF
Ekaterina Makarova #43	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 2017	R16
Catherine Bellis #53	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 2017	R32
Monica Niculescu #48	2-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2017	R64