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Simona Halep #1 def. Kristyna Pliskova #94

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2018*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Kristyna Pliskova

Stat	Simona Halep	Kristyna Pliskova
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	56	54
First serve points won %	77	67
Second serve points won %	71	39
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	75	54
Return points won %	46	25
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Kristyna Pliskova
Country	ROU	CZE
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Mar 21, 1992
Age	26	26
Height	168	184
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	94
Ranking points (entering)	8,055	705
Elo (entering)	1,994	1,727
Career W-L	446–197	94–139
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$3,517,903

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 2 – 0 Kristyna Pliskova

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2018	R32	Elise Mertens	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2018	R64	Ekaterina Makarova	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kristyna Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2018	R32	Sara Sorribes Tormo	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2018	R64	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2018	Q2	Ana Bogdan	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2018	Q1	Irina Bara	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data