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Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #3

6-2 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 28, 2015*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 4-6 7-5
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	8	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	47	72
First serve points won %	81	61
Second serve points won %	63	58
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	33	23
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	9,982	7,181
Elo (entering)	2,227	2,104
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2015	QF	Sabine Lisicki	7-6(4) 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2015	R16	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2015	R32	Catherine Bellis	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2015	R64	Monica Niculescu	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2015	F	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2015	QF	Sloane Stephens	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2015	R16	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2015	R32	Camila Giorgi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2015	R64	Nicole Vaidisova	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data