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Simona Halep #3 def. Jelena Jankovic #25

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2015*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Simona Halep	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	2	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	72	64
First serve points won %	68	44
Second serve points won %	55	35
Break points saved %	0	30
Break points converted %	70	100
Service points won %	64	41
Return points won %	59	36
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Jelena Jankovic
Country	ROU	SRB
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Feb 28, 1985
Age	23	30
Height	168	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	25
Ranking points (entering)	5,546	1,840
Elo (entering)	2,016	1,833
Career W-L	446–197	547–332
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 5 – 1 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2015	R16	Andrea Petkovic	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2015	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	7-5 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2015	F	Serena Williams	3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2015	QF	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2015	R16	Karolina Pliskova	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2015	R32	Madison Keys	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2015	R64	Madison Brengle	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data