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Simona Halep #26 def. Sorana Cirstea #27

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date Mar 16, 2022*
Tournament Indian Wells
Category WTA 500
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Simona Halep
Score6-1 6-4
Loser Sorana Cirstea
StatSimona HalepSorana Cirstea
Aces00
Double faults41
First serve %4770
First serve points won %7950
Second serve points won %4835
Break points saved %8017
Break points converted %8320
Service points won %6346
Return points won %5437
Total points won %5941

Pre-match Comparison

FieldSimona HalepSorana Cirstea
Country ROU ROU
Birth dateSep 27, 1991Apr 7, 1990
Age3031
Height168176
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2627
Ranking points (entering)1,8321,775
Elo (entering)1,9801,821
Career W-L446–197373–343
Career earnings$40,236,618$12,527,864
Pre-match H2H
Simona Halep 1 0 Sorana Cirstea

Path

Simona Halep's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 14, 2022R32 Coco Gauff 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 12, 2022R64 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch data

Simona Halep's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 18, 2022QF Petra Martic 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data

Sorana Cirstea's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 14, 2022R32 Anna Kalinskaya 5-7 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch data
Mar 12, 2022R64 Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data