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Simona Halep #4 def. Karolina Pliskova #18

6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Feb 22, 2015*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Simona Halep	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	1	5
Double faults	7	1
First serve %	62	76
First serve points won %	63	57
Second serve points won %	43	35
Break points saved %	43	38
Break points converted %	62	57
Service points won %	56	51
Return points won %	49	44
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Karolina Pliskova
Country	ROU	CZE
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Mar 21, 1992
Age	23	22
Height	168	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	18
Ranking points (entering)	5,672	2,140
Elo (entering)	2,018	1,923
Career W-L	446–197	421–241
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 0 – 0 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	2-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	QF	Ekaterina Makarova	6-3 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2015	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	QF	Lucie Safarova	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2015	R32	Barbora Strycova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2015	R64	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data