Lucie Safarova vs Simona Halep — Toronto Round of 32

Toronto · WTA · Round of 32
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 August 2011
hard
ROU
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
Safarova L.
6-2 6-4
Halep S.
Safarova L.
662
Halep S.
24–

Lucie Safarova defeated Simona Halep 6-2 6-4 in the Toronto round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Lucie Safarova claimed a first win over Simona Halep in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-08-29US OpenR64hardSimona Halep6-3 6-4
2014-08-11CincinnatiR16hardSimona Halep6-4 7-5
2014-03-03Indian WellsR32hardSimona Halep6-2 4-6 6-4
2013-06-10NurembergSFclaySimona Halep6-3 0-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safarova L.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Halep S.

Halep S.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Serve advantage — Halep S.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Safarova L.Halep S.
1st serve in·Even
63%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.1
2.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.8
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safarova L.Halep S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
44
89
Break points saved·Even
89
87
Break points won·Dominant
50
100
Deciding sets·Dominant
47
98
Tiebreaks·Dominant
50
82

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
25°CMainly clear
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 61%

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Stosur S.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Stosur S.
Radwanska A.
6-25-76-2
Williams S.
Azarenka V.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Stosur S.
Vinci R.
6-46-1
Williams S.
Safarova L.
4-66-36-2
Radwanska A.
Petkovic A.
6-46-3
Azarenka V.
Voskoboeva G.
6-16-2
R16
Azarenka V.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-16-2
Williams S.
Zheng J.
4-66-36-3
Safarova L.
Schiavone F.
6-36-3
Voskoboeva G.
Sharapova M.
6-37-5
Petkovic A.
Kvitova P.
6-16-2
Radwanska A.
Zvonareva V.
6-47-64
Stosur S.
Li N.
6-26-4
Vinci R.
Ivanovic A.
7-636-2
R32
Li N.
Peng S.
W/O
Ivanovic A.
Benesova I.
6-36-2
Zheng J.
Clijsters K.
3-62-1
Williams S.
Goerges J.
6-17-67
Vinci R.
Wozniacki C.
6-47-5
Stosur S.
Wozniak A.
6-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Petrova N.
7-56-4
Radwanska A.
Martic P.
6-36-3
Petkovic A.
Arn G.
6-47-5
Kvitova P.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-636-3
Sharapova M.
Jovanovski B.
6-17-5
Voskoboeva G.
Pennetta F.
2-66-36-2
Martinez Sanchez M.
Hantuchova D.
7-56-2
Azarenka V.
Dubois S.
6-06-0
Schiavone F.
Makarova K.
6-16-3
Safarova L.
Halep S.
6-26-4
R64
Benesova I.
Cibulkova D.
7-54-61-3
Jovanovski B.
Dokic J.
2-0
Radwanska A.
Vesnina E.
6-46-1
Pennetta F.
Kirilenko M.
6-36-1
Makarova K.
Marino R.
7-666-4
Voskoboeva G.
Bartoli M.
6-36-3
Martinez Sanchez M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
3-66-46-1
Hantuchova D.
Dulko G.
6-36-4
Dubois S.
Woerle K.
7-646-1
Vinci R.
Wickmayer Y.
6-46-2
Ivanovic A.
Zhang S.
6-16-1
Stosur S.
Morita A.
4-66-26-3
Wozniak A.
Peer S.
6-16-0
Peng S.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-17-5
Petrova N.
Gajdosova J.
6-16-2
Martic P.
Hradecka L.
1-66-46-4
Petkovic A.
Bouchard E.
6-26-2
Arn G.
Koukalova K.
6-36-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Errani S.
7-56-1
Safarova L.
Hercog P.
6-34-66-3
Halep S.
Kuznetsova S.
4-66-46-3
Goerges J.
Jankovic J.
6-16-3
Williams S.
Bondarenko A.
6-06-3
Zheng J.
Brianti A.
6-26-1