SF Italian Open 2018

Simona Halep #1 def. Maria Sharapova #40

4-6 6-1 6-4

Simona Halep defeated Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2018 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 19, 2018*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2018
Category: Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova
Aces	3	3
Double faults	5	9
First serve %	59.0%	66.0%
First serve points won %	52.0%	45.0%
Second serve points won %	36.0%	21.0%
Break points saved %	38.0%	35.0%
Break points converted %	65.0%	62.0%
Service points won %	45.0%	37.0%
Return points won %	63.0%	55.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Apr 19, 1987
Age	26	31
Height	168 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	40
Ranking points (entering)	7,270	1,223
Elo (entering)	2,031	1,955
Current career W-L	449–201	601–175
Current career earnings	$40,236,618	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep #1 1 – 7 Maria Sharapova #40

Path

Simona Halep's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Caroline Garcia #7	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 2018	QF
Madison Keys #14	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 2018	R16
Naomi Osaka #21	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2018	R32

Simona Halep's next match

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

Maria Sharapova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jelena Ostapenko #6	6-7(6) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 2018	QF
Daria Saville #24	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 2018	R16
Dominika Cibulkova #34	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2018	R32
Ashleigh Barty #18	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 2018	R64