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Elina Svitolina #4 def. Simona Halep #1

6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 20, 2018*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Elina Svitolina
Score	6-0 6-4
Loser	Simona Halep

Stat	Elina Svitolina	Simona Halep
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	66
First serve points won %	81	51
Second serve points won %	65	50
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	75	51
Return points won %	49	25
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elina Svitolina	Simona Halep
Country	UKR	ROU
Birth date	Sep 12, 1994	Sep 27, 1991
Age	23	26
Height	174	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,505	7,270
Elo (entering)	2,001	2,031
Career W-L	429–227	446–197
Career earnings	$30,204,956	$40,236,618

Pre-match H2H

Elina Svitolina 3 – 2 Simona Halep

Path

Elina Svitolina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Anett Kontaveit	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Angelique Kerber	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Daria Kasatkina	0-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2018	R32	Petra Martic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elina Svitolina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Maria Sharapova	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	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