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Simona Halep #1 def. Angelique Kerber #16

6-3 4-6 9-7

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 4-6 9-7
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber
Aces	6	0
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	68	71
First serve points won %	67	52
Second serve points won %	33	42
Break points saved %	0	59
Break points converted %	41	100
Service points won %	56	49
Return points won %	51	44
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber
Country	ROU	GER
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Jan 18, 1988
Age	26	30
Height	168	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	6,425	2,491
Elo (entering)	2,024	1,918
Career W-L	446–197	461–270
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 3 – 3 Angelique Kerber

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Naomi Osaka	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Lauren Davis	4-6 6-4 15-13	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Eugenie Bouchard	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Destanee Aiava	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2018	F	Caroline Wozniacki	6-7(2) 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Madison Keys	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Su-Wei Hsieh	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Maria Sharapova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Donna Vekic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data