Ashleigh Barty vs Simona Halep — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
AUS
Ashleigh Barty
30 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 January 2019
hard
ROU1
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
Barty A.
6-4 6-4
Halep S.
Barty A.
662
Halep S.
440

Ashleigh Barty defeated Simona Halep 6-4 6-4 in the Sydney round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, but Ashleigh Barty had been the form player, winning 9 of their last 9 on hard. Ashleigh Barty claimed a first win over Simona Halep in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Ashleigh Barty edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-05-06MadridQFclaySimona Halep7-5 7-5
2018-08-13CincinnatiR16hardSimona Halep7-5 6-4
2018-08-06MontrealSFhardSimona Halep6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Barty A.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Halep S.

Halep S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Barty A.

Even serve battle

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
Barty A.Halep S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
63%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.6
2.2
Double faults / match·Even
2.9
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (142 vs 172). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Barty A.Halep S.
Clutch Rating·Even
90
89
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
87
Break points won·Slight edge
92
100
Deciding sets·Even
99
98
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
90
82

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[5]
Barty A.
1-67-57-63
Semi-finals
Barty A.
Bertens K.[7]
6-746-47-5
Kvitova P.[5]
Sasnovich A.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Kvitova P.[5]
Kerber A.[2]
6-46-1
Sasnovich A.
Bacsinszky T.
6-36-3
Bertens K.[7]
Putintseva Y.
6-26-2
Barty A.
Mertens E.[10]
6-36-3
R16
Bertens K.[7]
Muguruza G.
W/O
Kerber A.[2]
Giorgi C.
7-636-2
Mertens E.[10]
Kontaveit A.
6-36-1
Sasnovich A.
Hon P.
0-66-36-3
Barty A.
Halep S.[1]
6-46-4
Kvitova P.[5]
Hsieh S.
7-626-2
Putintseva Y.
Stephens S.[4]
3-67-646-0
Bacsinszky T.
Stosur S.
5-76-46-3
R32
Mertens E.[10]
Siniakova K.
7-642-66-2
Muguruza G.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-36-4
Sasnovich A.
Kasatkina D.[8]
6-16-4
Hsieh S.
Collins D.
7-646-3
Hon P.
Maria T.
6-37-64
Bertens K.[7]
Pera B.
7-56-4
Barty A.
Ostapenko J.
6-36-3
Bacsinszky T.
Sevastova A.[9]
6-736-46-4
Kvitova P.[5]
Sabalenka A.
6-17-5
Giorgi C.
Tomljanovic A.
6-36-3
Kontaveit A.
Puig M.
2-67-56-1
Stephens S.[4]
Alexandrova E.
0-67-637-63
Stosur S.
Cibulkova D.
3-66-36-4
Putintseva Y.
Saville D.
6-17-64