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Simona Halep #1 def. Maria Sharapova #40

4-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	4-6 6-1 6-4
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova
Aces	3	3
Double faults	5	9
First serve %	59	66
First serve points won %	52	45
Second serve points won %	36	21
Break points saved %	38	35
Break points converted %	65	62
Service points won %	45	37
Return points won %	63	55
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Apr 19, 1987
Age	26	31
Height	168	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	40
Ranking points (entering)	7,270	1,223
Elo (entering)	2,019	1,938
Career W-L	446–197	596–174
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 1 – 7 Maria Sharapova

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Caroline Garcia	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Madison Keys	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Naomi Osaka	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2018	F	Elina Svitolina	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Jelena Ostapenko	6-7(6) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Daria Saville	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Dominika Cibulkova	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R64	Ashleigh Barty	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data