Simona Halep vs Timea Babos — Budapest Quarter-final

Budapest · WTA · Quarter-final
ROU
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 July 2013
clay
HUN
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLL
Halep S.
7-5 6-1
Babos T.
Halep S.
762
Babos T.
51–

Simona Halep defeated Timea Babos 7-5 6-1 in the Budapest quarter-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Simona Halep extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Simona Halep came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-08-29US OpenR32hardSimona Halep6-1 2-6 6-4
2015-09-21GuangzhouR16hardSimona Halep6-4 6-0
2014-02-05Fed Cup G1 RR: HUN vs ROURRhardTimea Babos1-6 7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Halep S.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Babos T.

Babos T.serving55% hold

wins 52% 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.Babos T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
44%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
49%
41%
Break points saved·Even
57%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.1
4.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.8
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Halep S.Babos T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
89
0
Break points saved·Dominant
87
51
Break points won·Dominant
100
48
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
6
Tiebreaks·Dominant
82
15

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
Halep S.
Meusburger Y.
6-36-776-1
Semi-finals
Meusburger Y.
Scheepers C.
6-26-2
Halep S.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-27-61
Quarter-finals
Halep S.
Babos T.
7-56-1
Cadantu Ignatik A.
Peer S.
6-07-5
Meusburger Y.
Beck A.
6-46-1
Scheepers C.
Kovinic D.
4-66-07-65
R16
Cadantu Ignatik A.
Hlavackova A.
4-67-54-0
Scheepers C.
Martic P.
7-56-4
Meusburger Y.
Larsson J.
3-66-46-4
Babos T.
Torro Flor M.
1-66-47-64
Halep S.
Bukta A.
6-16-1
Kovinic D.
Solovieva V.
6-13-66-1
Beck A.
Hradecka L.
6-36-3
Peer S.
Tatishvili A.
6-16-1
R32
Solovieva V.
Safarova L.
6-16-0
Halep S.
Karatantcheva S.
6-36-0
Tatishvili A.
Jani R.
6-36-4
Martic P.
Lukacs V.
6-36-0
Kovinic D.
Konta J.
6-23-66-2
Larsson J.
Arruabarrena L.
6-27-5
Torro Flor M.
Bratchikova N.
6-17-5
Beck A.
Majeric T.
6-16-2
Bukta A.
Zahlavova S.
6-14-67-64
Peer S.
Knoll X.
6-26-2
Cadantu Ignatik A.
Mayr Achleitner P.
6-06-1
Hlavackova A.
Cornet A.
6-46-2
Babos T.
Krunic A.
6-36-756-3
Meusburger Y.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-06-2
Scheepers C.
Honcova M.
6-46-1