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Simona Halep #2 def. Venus Williams #16

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2015*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Simona Halep	Venus Williams
Aces	3	3
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	63	71
First serve points won %	77	59
Second serve points won %	69	25
Break points saved %	50	45
Break points converted %	55	50
Service points won %	74	49
Return points won %	51	26
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Venus Williams
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Jun 17, 1980
Age	23	34
Height	168	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	7,115	2,601
Elo (entering)	2,058	1,950
Career W-L	446–197	768–288
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 0 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2015	R32	Alison Riske-Amritraj	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2015	QF	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2015	R32	Elina Svitolina	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2015	R64	Katerina Siniakova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data