Simona Halep vs Kristina Mladenovic — Madrid Final

Madrid · WTA · Final
ROU3
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 May 2017
clay
Kristina Mladenovic
FRA14
Kristina Mladenovic
#841WTA
1422ELO
1371Clay ELO
33 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
Halep S.
7-5 6-7 6-2
Mladenovic K.
Halep S.
76562
Mladenovic K.
57721

Simona Halep defeated Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-7 6-2 in the Madrid final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Kristina Mladenovic came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's round of 64. Simona Halep narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Simona Halep closed it out in three sets, 7–5 6–7 6–2.

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-04-20Fed Cup WG SF: ROU vs FRARRclaySimona Halep6-3 6-1
2017-03-06Indian WellsR32hardKristina Mladenovic6-3 6-3
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
Halep S.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Mladenovic K.

Mladenovic K.serving47% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Halep S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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

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

Clutch

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

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
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 32%

Draw

Final
Halep S.[3]
Mladenovic K.[14]
7-56-756-2
Semi-finals
Halep S.[3]
Sevastova A.
6-26-3
Mladenovic K.[14]
Kuznetsova S.[8]
6-47-64
Quarter-finals
Sevastova A.
Bertens K.
6-36-3
Halep S.[3]
Vandeweghe C.
6-16-1
Mladenovic K.[14]
Cirstea S.
6-46-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Bouchard E.
6-46-0
R16
Sevastova A.
Arruabarrena L.
7-56-2
Halep S.[3]
Stosur S.[16]
6-44-66-4
Vandeweghe C.
Suarez Navarro C.
5-76-47-5
Cirstea S.
Doi M.
7-53-66-1
Mladenovic K.[14]
Dodin O.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Wang Q.
6-47-5
Bouchard E.
Kerber A.[1]
6-35-0
Bertens K.
Begu I.
6-17-5
R32
Sevastova A.
Pliskova K.[2]
6-36-3
Arruabarrena L.
Strycova B.[15]
3-66-36-3
Begu I.
Larsson J.
4-67-656-3
Bertens K.
Bacsinszky T.
6-26-2
Halep S.[3]
Vinci R.
6-32-67-62
Stosur S.[16]
Duque Marino M.
6-37-5
Suarez Navarro C.
Wozniacki C.[10]
6-42-66-2
Vandeweghe C.
Siegemund L.
6-24-66-3
Doi M.
Vekic D.
6-16-2
Cirstea S.
Bellis C.
6-36-2
Mladenovic K.[14]
Davis L.
6-31-67-61
Dodin O.
Cibulkova D.[4]
6-26-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Riske Amritraj A.
2-67-696-2
Wang Q.
Zheng S.
6-23-66-2
Bouchard E.
Sharapova M.
7-52-66-4
Kerber A.[1]
Siniakova K.
6-21-67-5
R64
Pliskova K.[2]
Tsurenko L.
7-652-66-2
Sevastova A.
Zhang S.
6-26-4
Arruabarrena L.
Mchale C.
4-67-616-2
Strycova B.[15]
Safarova L.
5-76-36-3
Begu I.
Vesnina E.[12]
6-46-4
Larsson J.
Schiavone F.
5-76-36-1
Bertens K.
Makarova K.
6-17-64
Bacsinszky T.
Muguruza G.[5]
6-16-3
Halep S.[3]
Pliskova K.
6-16-2
Vinci R.
Kasatkina D.
6-11-66-1
Duque Marino M.
Goerges J.
6-36-4
Stosur S.[16]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-26-0
Wozniacki C.[10]
Niculescu M.
7-56-736-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Peng S.
3-67-56-0
Vandeweghe C.
Kontaveit A.
6-47-67
Siegemund L.
Konta J.[6]
3-67-56-4
Doi M.
Keys M.[9]
6-44-66-4
Vekic D.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-4
Bellis C.
Saville D.
7-55-76-2
Cirstea S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[13]
6-13-67-65
Davis L.
Puig M.
6-34-67-63
Dodin O.
Petkovic A.
6-36-4
Cibulkova D.[4]
Jankovic J.
6-45-77-5
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Shvedova Y.
6-46-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Golubic V.
6-26-4
Wang Q.
Garcia C.
6-46-3
Zheng S.
Svitolina E.[11]
2-67-646-3
Sharapova M.
Lucic M.[17]
4-66-46-0
Bouchard E.
Cornet A.
6-44-66-1
Siniakova K.
Parmentier P.
6-16-0
Kerber A.[1]
Babos T.
6-46-2
Mladenovic K.[14]
Konjuh A.
5-76-30-0