Simona Halep vs Heather Watson — Miami Round of 16

Miami · WTA · Round of 16
ROU5
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 March 2016
hard
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
Halep S.
6-3 6-4
Watson H.
Halep S.
662
Watson H.
340

Simona Halep defeated Heather Watson 6-3 6-4 in the Miami round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's semi-final. Simona Halep extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Simona Halep closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-04-22Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs GBRRRclaySimona Halep6-4 6-1
2014-05-26Roland GarrosR64claySimona Halep6-2 6-4
2013-08-26US OpenR128hardSimona Halep4-6 6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Halep S.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Watson H.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Watson H.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
44%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.1
3.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.8
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (197 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Halep S.Watson H.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
89
20
Break points saved·Dominant
87
43
Break points won·Dominant
100
62
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
82
13

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

Freshness

Recent load
Halep S.Watson H.
Freshness·
—
100

Watson H.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
19°COvercast
Wind 26 km/hHumidity 40%

Draw

Final
Azarenka V.[13]
Kuznetsova S.[15]
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Azarenka V.[13]
Kerber A.[2]
6-27-5
Kuznetsova S.[15]
Bacsinszky T.[19]
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Kerber A.[2]
Keys M.[22]
6-36-2
Kuznetsova S.[15]
Makarova K.[30]
6-736-46-3
Azarenka V.[13]
Konta J.[24]
6-46-2
Bacsinszky T.[19]
Halep S.[5]
4-66-36-2
R16
Kerber A.[2]
Babos T.
6-23-66-4
Keys M.[22]
Begu I.
6-36-1
Konta J.[24]
Niculescu M.[32]
6-26-2
Halep S.[5]
Watson H.
6-36-4
Bacsinszky T.[19]
Radwanska A.[3]
2-66-46-2
Makarova K.[30]
Svitolina E.[12]
6-16-4
Kuznetsova S.[15]
Williams S.[1]
6-736-16-2
Azarenka V.[13]
Muguruza G.[4]
7-667-64
R32
Keys M.[22]
Vinci R.[9]
6-46-4
Begu I.
Pliskova K.
7-54-66-4
Muguruza G.[4]
Gibbs N.
6-16-0
Azarenka V.[13]
Linette M.
6-36-0
Konta J.[24]
Vesnina E.
4-66-17-63
Halep S.[5]
Goerges J.
6-46-1
Watson H.
Wickmayer Y.
3-67-56-3
Bacsinszky T.[19]
Ivanovic A.[16]
7-56-4
Radwanska A.[3]
Brengle M.
6-36-2
Makarova K.[30]
Kvitova P.[8]
6-46-4
Svitolina E.[12]
Wozniacki C.[23]
5-76-47-61
Kuznetsova S.[15]
Garcia C.
4-66-27-66
Kerber A.[2]
Bertens K.
1-66-23-0
Babos T.
Osaka N.
7-56-0
Niculescu M.[32]
Vandeweghe C.
6-46-1
Williams S.[1]
Diyas Z.
7-56-3
R64
Linette M.
Jankovic J.[18]
1-0
Pliskova K.
Bencic B.[7]
4-1
Kerber A.[2]
Strycova B.
6-16-1
Babos T.
Pliskova K.[17]
5-76-27-60
Vinci R.[9]
Hradecka L.
1-66-47-65
Begu I.
Lisicki S.[29]
6-41-67-62
Muguruza G.[4]
Cibulkova D.
6-736-37-5
Gibbs N.
Mladenovic K.[27]
6-26-4
Niculescu M.[32]
Peng S.
6-13-66-0
Goerges J.
Stosur S.[26]
3-66-16-4
Watson H.
Stephens S.[20]
6-36-0
Brengle M.
Schmiedlova A.[28]
7-56-4
Kvitova P.[8]
Falconi I.
6-16-4
Wozniacki C.[23]
King V.
7-56-2
Kuznetsova S.[15]
Witthoeft C.
6-34-66-4
Garcia C.
Petkovic A.[21]
7-653-67-62
Diyas Z.
Saville D.[31]
7-56-3
Azarenka V.[13]
Puig M.
6-26-4
Radwanska A.[3]
Cornet A.
6-06-1
Halep S.[5]
Kasatkina D.
6-37-5
Bacsinszky T.[19]
Gasparyan M.
6-36-1
Bertens K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[25]
6-14-66-1
Konta J.[24]
Kovinic D.
6-46-2
Vandeweghe C.
Suarez Navarro C.[6]
6-46-2
Ivanovic A.[16]
Pereira T.
6-36-0
Makarova K.[30]
Tsurenko L.
3-66-46-3
Williams S.[1]
Mchale C.
6-35-76-2
Osaka N.
Errani S.[14]
6-16-3
Keys M.[22]
Flipkens K.
6-46-2
Vesnina E.
Williams V.[10]
6-06-756-2
Wickmayer Y.
Safarova L.[11]
6-26-3
Svitolina E.[12]
Zhang S.
6-36-0
R128
Bertens K.
Zheng S.
6-36-2
Babos T.
Tatishvili A.
7-626-2
Hradecka L.
Bouchard E.
6-43-66-2
Flipkens K.
Robson L.
7-646-2
Pliskova K.
Badosa P.
6-36-3
Linette M.
Mattek Sands B.
6-46-776-3
Puig M.
Bellis C.
4-66-36-2
Vesnina E.
Cepelova J.
7-56-3
Kovinic D.
Allertova D.
7-656-4
Peng S.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-37-5
Vandeweghe C.
Crawford S.
6-47-5
Goerges J.
Hibino N.
7-666-4
Watson H.
Cetkovska P.
6-16-0
Wickmayer Y.
Knapp K.
6-26-1
Pereira T.
Haddad Maia B.
7-626-1
Gasparyan M.
Beck A.
6-37-5
Zhang S.
Zhuk S.
6-16-2
Witthoeft C.
Sasnovich A.
6-24-66-1
Diyas Z.
Govortsova O.
6-06-1
Mchale C.
Doi M.
6-24-67-5
Kasatkina D.
Bondarenko K.
6-21-66-2
Brengle M.
Giorgi C.
6-46-3
Begu I.
Sakkari M.
6-16-3
King V.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-46-4
Garcia C.
Lucic M.
2-66-16-3
Strycova B.
Friedsam A.
6-26-0
Osaka N.
Parmentier P.
6-22-66-2
Cibulkova D.
Larsson J.
4-66-16-2
Cornet A.
Voskoboeva G.
6-47-5
Falconi I.
Schiavone F.
7-56-1
Gibbs N.
Putintseva Y.
6-46-2
Tsurenko L.
Dulgheru A.
6-756-36-3