Kristina Mladenovic vs Simona Halep — Indian Wells Round of 32

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 32
Kristina Mladenovic
FRA28
Kristina Mladenovic
#841WTA
1422ELO
1408Hard ELO
33 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 March 2017
hard
ROU4
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
Mladenovic K.
6-3 6-3
Halep S.
Mladenovic K.
662
Halep S.
330

Kristina Mladenovic defeated Simona Halep 6-3 6-3 in the Indian Wells round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's quarter-final, but Kristina Mladenovic had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 7 on hard. Kristina Mladenovic narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-04-20Fed Cup WG SF: ROU vs FRARRclaySimona Halep6-3 6-1
2017-05-08MadridFclaySimona Halep7-5 6-7(5) 6-2
2015-08-17CincinnatiR32hardSimona Halep7-5 5-7 6-4
2015-06-15BirminghamQFgrassKristina Mladenovic2-6 6-0 7-6(4)
2014-01-27ParisR32carpetKristina Mladenovic7-6(1) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Mladenovic K.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Halep S.

Halep S.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Mladenovic K.

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
Mladenovic K.Halep S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
59%
Return points won·Even
44%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
56%
Aces / match·Even
2.0
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.6
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mladenovic K.Halep S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
27
89
Break points saved·Dominant
26
87
Break points won·Dominant
69
100
Deciding sets·Dominant
48
98
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
65
82

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
16°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 20%

Draw

Final
Vesnina E.[14]
Kuznetsova S.[8]
6-767-56-4
Semi-finals
Vesnina E.[14]
Mladenovic K.[28]
6-36-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Pliskova K.[3]
7-657-62
Quarter-finals
Vesnina E.[14]
Williams V.[12]
6-24-66-3
Mladenovic K.[28]
Wozniacki C.[13]
3-67-646-2
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[19]
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[3]
Muguruza G.[7]
7-627-65
R16
Vesnina E.[14]
Kerber A.[2]
6-36-3
Williams V.[12]
Peng S.
3-66-16-3
Mladenovic K.[28]
Davis L.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.[13]
Keys M.[9]
6-46-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Garcia C.[21]
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[19]
Cibulkova D.[5]
6-43-66-2
Muguruza G.[7]
Svitolina E.[10]
7-651-66-0
Pliskova K.[3]
Bacsinszky T.[15]
5-1
R32
Kerber A.[2]
Parmentier P.
7-53-67-5
Vesnina E.[14]
Babos T.[25]
6-41-66-4
Williams V.[12]
Safarova L.
6-46-2
Peng S.
Radwanska A.[6]
6-46-4
Mladenovic K.[28]
Halep S.[4]
6-36-3
Davis L.
Goerges J.
6-16-4
Wozniacki C.[13]
Siniakova K.
6-36-1
Keys M.[9]
Osaka N.
6-16-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Vinci R.[26]
6-22-66-1
Garcia C.[21]
Konta J.[11]
3-66-37-61
Pavlyuchenkova A.[19]
Strycova B.[17]
6-36-2
Cibulkova D.[5]
Pliskova K.
2-67-657-64
Muguruza G.[7]
Day K.
3-67-56-2
Svitolina E.[10]
Saville D.[24]
6-26-1
Bacsinszky T.[15]
Bertens K.[18]
6-35-77-68
Pliskova K.[3]
Begu I.[29]
6-47-62
R64
Kerber A.[2]
Petkovic A.
6-26-1
Parmentier P.
Putintseva Y.[27]
6-26-3
Babos T.[25]
Lepchenko V.
4-67-626-2
Vesnina E.[14]
Rogers S.
6-47-5
Williams V.[12]
Jankovic J.
1-67-656-1
Safarova L.
Vandeweghe C.[20]
4-66-46-1
Peng S.
Konjuh A.[31]
6-46-2
Radwanska A.[6]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-36-4
Halep S.[4]
Vekic D.
6-46-1
Mladenovic K.[28]
Beck A.
6-07-5
Davis L.
Sevastova A.[22]
7-56-3
Goerges J.
Stosur S.[16]
4-66-46-4
Wozniacki C.[13]
Linette M.
6-36-0
Siniakova K.
Suarez Navarro C.[23]
6-37-5
Osaka N.
Zhang S.[30]
6-46-2
Keys M.[9]
Duque Marino M.
6-17-5
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Larsson J.
7-636-4
Vinci R.[26]
Brengle M.
7-656-4
Garcia C.[21]
Rodina E.
6-36-3
Konta J.[11]
Watson H.
6-46-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[19]
Kontaveit A.
6-46-4
Pliskova K.
Kasatkina D.[33]
6-06-3
Cibulkova D.[5]
Ostapenko J.
6-43-66-3
Muguruza G.[7]
Flipkens K.
6-26-3
Day K.
Lucic M.[32]
6-45-77-5
Saville D.[24]
Wickmayer Y.
6-27-65
Svitolina E.[10]
Wang Q.
3-66-37-63
Bacsinszky T.[15]
Niculescu M.
7-56-2
Bertens K.[18]
Bencic B.
6-26-2
Begu I.[29]
Chirico L.
6-17-5
Pliskova K.[3]
Puig M.
1-66-46-4
Strycova B.[17]
Errani S.
6-45-76-2
R128
Linette M.
Townsend T.
6-46-2
Parmentier P.
Dodin O.
6-26-4
Peng S.
Tsurenko L.
6-22-67-5
Beck A.
Bouchard E.
3-66-26-2
Goerges J.
Tomljanovic A.
7-56-2
Siniakova K.
Barthel M.
4-66-46-4
Larsson J.
Giorgi C.
7-636-3
Ostapenko J.
Kovinic D.
6-42-67-63
Niculescu M.
Cirstea S.
4-66-36-1
Puig M.
Collins D.
6-06-2
Petkovic A.
King V.
6-02-0
Lepchenko V.
Shvedova Y.
4-66-26-4
Jankovic J.
Falconi I.
6-23-66-3
Safarova L.
Arruabarrena L.
6-36-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Makarova K.
6-46-2
Vekic D.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-37-62
Davis L.
Golubic V.
6-44-67-5
Osaka N.
Ozaki R.
6-46-2
Duque Marino M.
Tig P.
6-40-66-4
Brengle M.
Maria T.
6-46-2
Rodina E.
Mchale C.
6-16-0
Watson H.
Gibbs N.
4-66-26-2
Errani S.
Minella M.
1-66-47-5
Pliskova K.
Mattek Sands B.
6-06-3
Flipkens K.
Bellis C.
4-66-16-4
Day K.
Nara K.
6-36-4
Wang Q.
Bondarenko K.
5-76-46-4
Bencic B.
Pironkova T.
6-46-1
Chirico L.
Schiavone F.
6-36-3
Rogers S.
Brady J.
6-47-64
Kontaveit A.
Doi M.
7-56-4
Wickmayer Y.
Siegemund L.
6-33-66-4