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Kiki Bertens #17 def. Simona Halep #1

2-6 7-6(6) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Kiki Bertens
Score	2-6 7-6(6) 6-2
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Kiki Bertens	Simona Halep
Aces	6	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	53	79
First serve points won %	72	63
Second serve points won %	54	45
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kiki Bertens	Simona Halep
Country	NED	ROU
Birth date	Dec 10, 1991	Sep 27, 1991
Age	26	26
Height	182	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,420	8,061
Elo (entering)	1,964	2,111
Career W-L	214–168	446–197
Career earnings	$11,653,189	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Kiki Bertens 1 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Kiki Bertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	SF	Petra Kvitova	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Elina Svitolina	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Anett Kontaveit	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2018	R32	Caroline Wozniacki	6-4 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R64	Coco Vandeweghe	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Kiki Bertens's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	SF	Aryna Sabalenka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Lesia Tsurenko	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Ashleigh Barty	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2018	R32	Ajla Tomljanovic	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data