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Karolina Pliskova #6 def. Simona Halep #1

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2018*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Karolina Pliskova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Karolina Pliskova	Simona Halep
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	70	70
First serve points won %	80	64
Second serve points won %	69	28
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	77	53
Return points won %	47	23
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Pliskova	Simona Halep
Country	CZE	ROU
Birth date	Mar 21, 1992	Sep 27, 1991
Age	26	26
Height	186	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,100	8,055
Elo (entering)	2,012	2,000
Career W-L	421–241	446–197
Career earnings	$26,944,237	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Pliskova 0 – 5 Simona Halep

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2018	R16	Sloane Stephens	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2018	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-2 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2018	R64	Elena Vesnina	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2018	SF	Petra Kvitova	6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2018	R16	Kristyna Pliskova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2018	R32	Elise Mertens	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2018	R64	Ekaterina Makarova	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data