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Simona Halep #3 def. Flavia Pennetta #28

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 2015*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Simona Halep	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	0	0
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	68	63
First serve points won %	62	59
Second serve points won %	70	38
Break points saved %	57	55
Break points converted %	45	43
Service points won %	65	51
Return points won %	49	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Flavia Pennetta
Country	ROU	ITA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Feb 25, 1982
Age	23	33
Height	168	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	28
Ranking points (entering)	7,181	1,775
Elo (entering)	2,094	1,842
Career W-L	446–197	418–272
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 0 – 3 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2015	R32	Camila Giorgi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2015	R64	Nicole Vaidisova	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2015	QF	Sloane Stephens	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2015	R32	Victoria Azarenka	7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2015	R64	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-7(1) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data