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Serena Williams #1 def. Simona Halep #64

6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2013*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-0
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Aces	5	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	55	67
First serve points won %	69	29
Second serve points won %	58	50
Break points saved %	80	17
Break points converted %	83	20
Service points won %	64	36
Return points won %	64	36
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Simona Halep
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 27, 1991
Age	31	21
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	64
Ranking points (entering)	11,115	935
Elo (entering)	2,279	1,765
Career W-L	825–170	446–197
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Simona Halep

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Dominika Cibulkova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2013	R32	Laura Robson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2013	F	Victoria Azarenka	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	QF	Jelena Jankovic	4-6 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Roberta Vinci	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2013	R32	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-7(2) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R64	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data