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Simona Halep #2 def. Veronika Kudermetova #36

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date Feb 13, 2021*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Simona Halep
Score6-1 6-3
Loser Veronika Kudermetova
StatSimona HalepVeronika Kudermetova
Aces41
Double faults32
First serve %7342
First serve points won %6054
Second serve points won %4733
Break points saved %5054
Break points converted %4650
Service points won %5642
Return points won %5844
Total points won %5743

Pre-match Comparison

FieldSimona HalepVeronika Kudermetova
Country ROU RUS
Birth dateSep 27, 1991Apr 24, 1997
Age2923
Height168175
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)236
Ranking points (entering)7,2551,680
Elo (entering)2,0441,862
Career W-L446–197205–152
Career earnings$40,236,618$10,680,692
Pre-match H2H
Simona Halep 0 0 Veronika Kudermetova

Path

Simona Halep's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 11, 2021R64 Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data
Feb 10, 2021R128 Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data

Simona Halep's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2021R16 Iga Swiatek 3-6 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data

Veronika Kudermetova's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 11, 2021R64 Varvara Gracheva 5-7 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Feb 10, 2021R128 Marta Kostyuk 6-2 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data