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Simona Halep #2 def. Elise Mertens #23

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 2020*
Tournament	Prague
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Simona Halep	Elise Mertens
Aces	1	0
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	61	68
First serve points won %	64	47
Second serve points won %	48	38
Break points saved %	70	60
Break points converted %	40	30
Service points won %	58	44
Return points won %	56	42
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Elise Mertens
Country	ROU	BEL
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Nov 17, 1995
Age	28	24
Height	168	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	23
Ranking points (entering)	6,076	1,950
Elo (entering)	2,020	1,856
Career W-L	446–197	311–199
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 3 – 1 Elise Mertens

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2020	SF	Irina-Camelia Begu	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2020	QF	Magdalena Frech	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2020	R16	Barbora Krejcikova	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2020	R32	Polona Hercog	6-1 1-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2020	SF	Kristyna Pliskova	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2020	QF	Eugenie Bouchard	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2020	R16	Camila Giorgi	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2020	R32	Jasmine Paolini	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data