Simona Halep vs Nadia Petrova — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · WTA · Round of 32
ROU
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 15 October 2012
hard
RUS
Nadia Petrova
44 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWWLLW
Halep S.
3-6 7-5 7-5
Petrova N.
Halep S.
3772
Petrova N.
6551

Simona Halep defeated Nadia Petrova 3-6 7-5 7-5 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nadia Petrova came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 16. Simona Halep narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-09-24TokyoR32hardNadia Petrova7-6(4) 6-0
2012-08-27US OpenR64hardNadia Petrova6-1 6-1
2012-03-19MiamiR64hardSimona Halep6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Halep S.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Petrova N.

Petrova N.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Halep S.

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
Halep S.Petrova N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
59%
59%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Even
56%
53%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.1
6.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.8
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (197 vs 79). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Halep S.Petrova N.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
89
68
Break points saved·Even
87
85
Break points won·Clear edge
100
80
Deciding sets·Clear edge
98
75
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
82
62

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.
Stosur S.
6-24-67-5
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.
Arvidsson S.
6-36-746-4
Stosur S.
Ivanovic A.
2-66-36-2
Quarter-finals
Arvidsson S.
Kirilenko M.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.
Cibulkova D.
6-26-716-1
Ivanovic A.
Dolonc V.
6-46-1
Stosur S.
Koukalova K.
6-16-3
R16
Ivanovic A.
Solovieva V.
6-16-4
Dolonc V.
Halep S.
6-16-0
Cibulkova D.
Pironkova T.
6-26-3
Arvidsson S.
Bartoli M.
6-36-0
Wozniacki C.
Radwanska U.
6-16-3
Kirilenko M.
Shvedova Y.
7-56-4
Koukalova K.
Safarova L.
6-46-4
Stosur S.
Cornet A.
7-667-5
R32
Safarova L.
Gasparyan M.
6-34-66-2
Cornet A.
Rodionova A.
6-46-3
Pironkova T.
Lepchenko V.
6-07-63
Koukalova K.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-36-3
Halep S.
Petrova N.
3-67-57-5
Dolonc V.
Voskoboeva G.
1-66-16-4
Solovieva V.
Svitolina E.
6-46-2
Arvidsson S.
Jovanovski B.
6-26-4
Shvedova Y.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-2
Kirilenko M.
Vesnina E.
7-56-1
Radwanska U.
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Cibulkova D.
Makarova K.
2-66-46-2