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Naomi Osaka #44 def. Simona Halep #1

6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-3 6-0
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Simona Halep
Aces	3	1
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	58	56
First serve points won %	67	57
Second serve points won %	50	28
Break points saved %	86	29
Break points converted %	71	14
Service points won %	60	44
Return points won %	56	40
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Simona Halep
Country	JPN	ROU
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	Sep 27, 1991
Age	20	26
Height	180	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,170	7,965
Elo (entering)	1,843	2,036
Career W-L	240–130	446–197
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 0 – 3 Simona Halep

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Maria Sakkari	6-1 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Sachia Vickery	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2018	R128	Maria Sharapova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2018	F	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2018	QF	Petra Martic	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Qiang Wang	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Caroline Dolehide	1-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Kristyna Pliskova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data