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Elina Svitolina #11 def. Simona Halep #4

4-6 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 21, 2017*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Elina Svitolina
Score	4-6 7-5 6-1
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Elina Svitolina	Simona Halep
Aces	4	2
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	71	75
First serve points won %	66	49
Second serve points won %	32	45
Break points saved %	64	36
Break points converted %	64	36
Service points won %	56	48
Return points won %	52	44
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elina Svitolina	Simona Halep
Country	UKR	ROU
Birth date	Sep 12, 1994	Sep 27, 1991
Age	22	25
Height	174	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,780	5,205
Elo (entering)	1,935	2,006
Career W-L	429–227	446–197
Career earnings	$30,204,956	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Elina Svitolina 0 – 1 Simona Halep

Path

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-2 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2017	R16	Mona Barthel	3-6 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2017	R32	Alizé Cornet	6-4 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	SF	Kiki Bertens	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	QF	Anett Kontaveit	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2017	R16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-1 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2017	R32	Laura Siegemund	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data