H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Daria Kasatkina vs Simona Halep H2H: 1-3

Simona Halep holds a 3–1 lead over Daria Kasatkina in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Simona Halep leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Simona Halep won the 2017 China Open quarterfinal 6-2 6-1.

Australia Age 29 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"
H2H
1 3
4 main-draw meetings
ROU Age 34 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Simona Halep #2 6-2 6-1 Daria Kasatkina #34 Match data Oct 6, 2017 QF China Open Premier Mandatory modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Daria Kasatkina #31 6-2 6-1 Simona Halep #2 Match data Sep 27, 2017* R32 Wuhan Open Premier 5 modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Simona Halep #4 6-0 7-5 Daria Kasatkina #28 Match data Jun 3, 2017* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Simona Halep #5 6-3 7-5 Daria Kasatkina #36 Match data Mar 25, 2016* R64 Miami Open Premier Mandatory modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Daria Kasatkina #61 #8 3,525 1,990 324 232 58.3% 0 0 0 6 2 8
Simona Halep #873 #1 8,290 2,120 449 201 69.1% 2 9 1 3 9 24

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Daria Kasatkina Simona Halep
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2014 0–1 0.0% #354 1,493 0 0
18 2015 7–5 58.3% #75 1,610 0 0 2010 7–9 43.8% #84 1,552 0 0
19 2016 32–21 60.4% #26 1,756 0 0 2011 16–22 42.1% #47 1,591 0 0
20 2017 31–21 59.6% #24 1,854 0 1 2012 23–24 48.9% #47 1,691 0 0
21 2018 42–24 63.6% #10 1,899 0 2 2013 50–17 74.6% #11 2,003 0 6
22 2019 13–21 38.2% #70 1,750 0 2 2014 46–18 71.9% #3 1,995 0 8
23 2020 8–12 40.0% #72 1,772 0 2 2015 49–16 75.4% #2 1,934 0 11
24 2021 37–19 66.1% #26 1,840 0 4 2016 43–16 72.9% #4 1,980 0 14
25 2022 41–22 65.1% #8 1,908 0 6 2017 45–18 71.4% #1 1,988 0 15
26 2023 41–25 62.1% #18 1,897 0 6 2018 45–12 78.9% #1 2,013 1 18
27 2024 42–23 64.6% #9 1,922 0 8 2019 39–17 69.6% #4 1,942 2 19
28 2025 19–21 47.5% #37 1,778 0 8 2020 23–3 88.5% #2 2,060 2 22
29 2026 11–17 39.3% #61 1,760 0 8 2021 24–13 64.9% #20 2,002 2 22
30 2022 39–13 75.0% #10 2,030 2 24
32 2024 0–2 0.0% #873 1,953 2 24
33 2025 0–1 0.0% 1,926 2 24

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Daria Kasatkina Simona Halep
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 2014 0 1 1 0.0%
18 2015 5 2 7 71.4% 2 3 5 40.0% 2010 0 3 3 0.0% 7 6 13 53.8%
19 2016 23 15 38 60.5% 7 4 11 63.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 2011 10 12 22 45.5% 5 8 13 38.5% 1 2 3 33.3%
20 2017 22 16 38 57.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2012 14 14 28 50.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2018 23 14 37 62.2% 12 7 19 63.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 2013 28 10 38 73.7% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 1 7 85.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2019 9 15 24 37.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2014 23 11 34 67.6% 17 4 21 81.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2020 5 9 14 35.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 2015 41 10 51 80.4% 6 4 10 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
24 2021 25 11 36 69.4% 5 5 10 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 2016 25 12 37 67.6% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 1 5 80.0%
25 2022 25 15 40 62.5% 12 5 17 70.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 2017 21 13 34 61.8% 18 3 21 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0%
26 2023 23 16 39 59.0% 12 6 18 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 2018 28 8 36 77.8% 15 3 18 83.3% 2 1 3 66.7%
27 2024 26 17 43 60.5% 8 4 12 66.7% 8 2 10 80.0% 2019 21 13 34 61.8% 9 3 12 75.0% 9 1 10 90.0%
28 2025 12 13 25 48.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2020 10 2 12 83.3% 13 1 14 92.9%
29 2026 5 9 14 35.7% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 3 5 40.0% 2021 20 10 30 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1%
30 2022 23 7 30 76.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 11 3 14 78.6%
32 2024 0 2 2 0.0%
33 2025 0 1 1 0.0%
Career 203 153 356 57.0% 82 55 137 59.9% 39 24 63 61.9% 264 128 392 67.3% 138 52 190 72.6% 47 18 65 72.3% 0 3 3 0.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 513/558 of Daria Kasatkina's and 575/649 of Simona Halep's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Daria Kasatkina Simona Halep
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2014 1/1 1.0 3.0 53.3% 37.5% 38.1% 40.0% 20.0% 37.8% 44.7% —/—
18 2015 6/12 1.5 1.7 69.5% 61.2% 54.3% 60.1% 36.4% 59.1% 40.4% 2010 14/16 2.1 3.6 61.8% 57.8% 51.1% 56.0% 57.5% 55.3% 46.1%
19 2016 44/53 2.0 3.2 62.9% 62.1% 47.3% 49.9% 51.8% 56.7% 46.2% 2011 35/38 1.5 4.1 62.3% 60.2% 43.3% 47.7% 49.8% 53.8% 43.5%
20 2017 50/52 1.3 2.8 68.2% 58.9% 47.2% 50.6% 47.7% 54.9% 46.5% 2012 42/47 1.1 3.2 66.2% 57.6% 45.9% 52.4% 51.2% 53.5% 44.3%
21 2018 61/66 1.4 4.6 68.6% 60.2% 43.5% 50.4% 52.4% 54.8% 48.1% 2013 57/67 1.9 3.0 66.6% 63.1% 48.5% 55.7% 59.5% 58.3% 49.4%
22 2019 32/34 1.0 6.4 64.8% 57.0% 37.9% 45.7% 48.4% 50.2% 45.0% 2014 53/64 2.4 3.2 60.5% 66.8% 50.7% 54.1% 56.9% 60.4% 48.8%
23 2020 20/20 1.0 4.3 69.2% 57.0% 38.5% 38.7% 48.0% 51.5% 47.3% 2015 48/65 2.2 3.5 66.3% 66.5% 51.9% 52.0% 53.6% 61.4% 47.1%
24 2021 55/57 2.0 3.4 64.6% 63.8% 42.4% 49.5% 49.3% 56.2% 47.3% 2016 51/59 1.8 2.0 66.5% 64.3% 51.4% 48.5% 54.4% 60.0% 51.1%
25 2022 61/63 1.4 3.9 68.5% 62.4% 40.7% 54.2% 53.1% 55.6% 48.8% 2017 58/63 1.5 2.3 68.2% 64.3% 48.2% 58.8% 50.3% 59.2% 48.0%
26 2023 64/66 1.0 3.5 75.4% 60.0% 40.4% 53.4% 51.5% 54.9% 48.3% 2018 55/57 2.0 2.6 65.6% 64.8% 48.3% 50.1% 54.4% 59.2% 50.2%
27 2024 63/65 1.7 5.0 65.8% 61.6% 42.0% 50.6% 51.9% 54.9% 47.7% 2019 52/56 1.6 2.5 69.2% 63.9% 48.6% 52.0% 53.8% 59.5% 49.3%
28 2025 29/40 1.8 5.7 67.4% 58.6% 40.0% 45.7% 49.9% 52.4% 47.4% 2020 26/26 2.1 2.9 69.2% 66.6% 45.2% 58.2% 56.0% 60.0% 51.0%
29 2026 27/29 2.1 6.7 67.7% 59.1% 39.0% 52.7% 51.6% 52.7% 46.2% 2021 34/37 2.5 2.6 65.5% 66.5% 49.0% 62.5% 51.7% 60.4% 47.9%
30 —/— 2022 48/52 2.7 3.3 61.9% 70.5% 49.9% 57.7% 56.3% 62.6% 50.0%
32 —/— 2024 2/2 3.5 5.5 62.1% 64.2% 38.2% 63.6% 65.0% 54.4% 36.8%
Career 513/558 1.5 4.2 67.8% 60.5% 42.3% 50.3% 50.6% 54.6% 47.3% 575/650 2.0 2.9 65.5% 64.5% 48.7% 54.0% 54.3% 59.0% 48.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Daria Kasatkina Simona Halep
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 2014 1493 98.5 -1.86 +0.28 0.718 42.3% 0.0% -4.50 -0.02
18 2015 1610 124.4 +0.87 -0.47 0.987 49.7% -8 -55 53.3% +0.27 4–2 (67%) 0–1 -0.31 2010 1552 129.6 0.00 +1.23 1.032 50.6% -45 +75 51.5% +0.21 0–3 (0%) 2–2 (50%) 97.4 -1.14
19 2016 1757 143.6 +0.17 +2.83 1.067 51.4% +1 -113 -136 59.1% +0.59 10–11 (48%) 4–3 (57%) 102.1 +0.78 2011 1591 119.2 -1.38 -0.51 0.942 48.7% -11 -33 +7 42.9% -0.57 4–6 (40%) 4–5 (44%) 99.6 -1.08
20 2017 1854 147.3 -0.76 +3.22 1.031 50.6% -11 -98 56.9% +0.46 10–4 (71%) 6–8 (43%) 105.8 -1.06 2012 1692 138.7 -0.77 +1.06 0.953 49.0% -14 +1 -148 46.4% -0.43 6–3 (67%) 3–5 (38%) 103.4 -2.97
21 2018 1899 148.7 -0.84 +5.02 1.065 51.3% +7 -85 -146 59.2% +0.56 16–8 (67%) 10–6 (63%) 108.2 -0.04 2013 2004 156.1 +2.96 +5.04 1.187 53.8% -37 -132 -335 68.5% +1.57 16–4 (80%) 4–8 (33%) 108.5 -1.35
22 2019 1751 134.0 -4.36 +2.17 0.902 47.6% +23 +51 39.5% -1.00 4–6 (40%) 4–3 (57%) 98.3 -0.32 2014 1995 160.2 +4.78 +5.18 1.233 54.4% -39 +30 -224 71.0% +1.79 12–6 (67%) 5–7 (42%) 99.5 -0.24
23 2020 1773 138.1 -3.24 +3.53 0.976 49.3% -2 +29 43.5% -0.20 4–4 (50%) 0–1 -0.90 2015 1935 159.6 +3.29 +5.15 1.221 54.1% +59 +10 -196 69.9% +1.42 15–6 (71%) 2–5 (29%) 100.7 +1.13
24 2021 1841 146.0 -0.32 +4.02 1.081 51.6% +12 -66 0 57.7% +0.68 17–7 (71%) 4–2 (67%) 107.3 -0.91 2016 1980 160.5 +3.61 +7.88 1.277 55.4% -3 +44 -186 68.0% +1.42 9–5 (64%) 3–7 (30%) 97.1 -0.14
25 2022 1909 153.6 -0.53 +5.97 1.100 52.2% -25 +15 -53 59.0% +0.80 13–6 (68%) 4–8 (33%) 100.6 -1.84 2017 1988 158.5 +3.09 +5.20 1.176 53.5% -32 +153 -98 67.6% +1.18 13–8 (62%) 9–5 (64%) 102.4 -2.46
26 2023 1897 149.9 -1.19 +5.38 1.072 51.5% -7 +43 +22 58.3% +0.45 10–8 (56%) 7–8 (47%) 99.7 +2.71 2018 2013 158.0 +2.58 +7.16 1.230 54.5% -33 +166 -139 71.9% +1.61 15–4 (79%) 4–4 (50%) 103.5 +0.15
27 2024 1923 147.4 -1.36 +4.68 1.058 51.2% -35 +3 +127 56.6% +0.36 17–8 (68%) 7–6 (54%) 101.4 +1.03 2019 1942 158.9 +3.03 +6.58 1.216 54.2% -38 +198 +94 66.7% +1.28 13–8 (62%) 8–4 (67%) 101.3 -0.27
28 2025 1778 144.5 -3.29 +3.13 0.996 49.8% +8 +91 +197 50.0% +0.31 5–9 (36%) 1–4 (20%) 91.8 +2.04 2020 2060 156.1 +3.23 +6.77 1.275 55.4% -69 +148 78.6% +1.82 6–0 (100%) 5–1 (83%) 107.1 -0.67
29 2026 1761 133.8 -3.01 +3.05 0.975 49.5% -3 +143 +81 45.7% -0.29 4–10 (29%) 4–7 (36%) 90.2 +0.05 2021 2002 155.1 +3.53 +4.37 1.207 54.0% +7 +165 67.6% +1.45 6–2 (75%) 4–0 (100%) 105.0 -0.60
30 2022 2031 152.9 +5.00 +6.61 1.339 56.0% +4 +66 +191 75.5% +1.85 7–5 (58%) 1–3 (25%) 95.1 +0.32
32 2024 1953 108.2 0.00 +0.37 0.808 46.3% 20.0% -1.20 0–1 -0.18
33 2025 1926 95.9 0.0% -5.00 0.00
Career 1990 151.3 -1.31 +4.15 1.042 50.9% -5 -8 +9 55.0% +0.36 114–83 (58%) 51–57 (47%) 100.7 +0.22 2120 160.6 +2.79 +5.10 1.182 53.6% -12 +61 -59 66.1% +1.21 122–61 (67%) 54–56 (49%) 102.1 -1.49

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.