Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #3

6-2 4-6 7-5

Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the 2015 Miami Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 4, 2015*
Tournament: Miami Open
Edition: 2015
Category: Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	33	23
Height	175 cm	168 cm
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)	2,304	2,097
Current career W-L	837–172	449–201
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #1 4 – 2 Simona Halep #3

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sabine Lisicki #21	7-6(4) 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 2015	QF
Svetlana Kuznetsova #29	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 2015	R16
Catherine Bellis #211	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 29, 2015	R32
Monica Niculescu #70	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 2015	R64

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carla Suárez Navarro #12	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 5, 2015	F

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sloane Stephens #45	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 2015	QF
Flavia Pennetta #28	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 2015	R16
Camila Giorgi #37	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 29, 2015	R32
Nicole Vaidisova #328	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 2015	R64