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Simona Halep #1 def. Venus Williams #36

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Simona Halep	Venus Williams
Aces	2	5
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	69	59
First serve points won %	67	58
Second serve points won %	62	31
Break points saved %	83	50
Break points converted %	50	17
Service points won %	65	47
Return points won %	53	35
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Venus Williams
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Jun 17, 1980
Age	27	38
Height	168	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	36
Ranking points (entering)	6,642	1,265
Elo (entering)	2,019	1,883
Career W-L	446–197	768–288
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 2 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Sofia Kenin	6-3 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Kaia Kanepi	6-7(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Serena Williams	1-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Alizé Cornet	6-3 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Mihaela Buzarnescu	6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data