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Simona Halep #1 def. Angelique Kerber #12

6-7(2) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2018*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-7(2) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber
Aces	1	2
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	68	57
First serve points won %	61	59
Second serve points won %	53	40
Break points saved %	67	53
Break points converted %	47	33
Service points won %	59	50
Return points won %	50	41
Total points won %	54	46

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	12
Ranking points (entering)	7,270	3,040
Elo (entering)	2,034	1,979
Career W-L	446–197	461–270
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 4 – 3 Angelique Kerber

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2018	R16	Elise Mertens	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Andrea Petkovic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Taylor Townsend	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Alison Riske-Amritraj	2-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2018	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2018	R16	Caroline Garcia	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Kiki Bertens	7-6(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Ana Bogdan	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Mona Barthel	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data