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Simona Halep #3 def. Belinda Bencic #18

6-2 6-7(2) 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2019*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-2 6-7(2) 6-0
Loser	Belinda Bencic

Stat	Simona Halep	Belinda Bencic
Aces	1	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	71	61
First serve points won %	63	47
Second serve points won %	48	47
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	59	47
Return points won %	53	41
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Belinda Bencic
Country	ROU	SUI
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Mar 10, 1997
Age	27	22
Height	168	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	18
Ranking points (entering)	5,682	2,540
Elo (entering)	2,043	1,892
Career W-L	446–197	298–187
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$17,050,641

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 1 – 2 Belinda Bencic

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2019	QF	Ashleigh Barty	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2019	R16	Viktoria Hruncakova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2019	R32	Johanna Konta	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2019	R64	Margarita Gasparyan	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2019	F	Kiki Bertens	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Belinda Bencic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2019	QF	Naomi Osaka	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2019	R16	Kateryna Baindl	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2019	R32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-6(4) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2019	R64	Alison Van Uytvanck	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data