Belinda Bencic vs Simona Halep — Dubai Quarter-final

Dubai · WTA · Quarter-final
Belinda Bencic
SUI
Belinda Bencic
#11WTA
1989ELO
1952Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 February 2019
hard
ROU3
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
Bencic B.
4-6 6-4 6-2
Halep S.
Bencic B.
4662
Halep S.
6421

Belinda Bencic defeated Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the Dubai quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Belinda Bencic narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-05-06MadridSFclaySimona Halep6-2 6-7(2) 6-0
2015-08-10TorontoFhardBelinda Bencic7-6(5) 6-7(4) 3-0 RET
2014-06-23WimbledonR32grassSimona Halep6-4 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Bencic B.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Halep S.

Halep S.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

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

Serve & return on hard

Bencic B.Halep S.
57
Serve
—
55
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Bencic B.Halep S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
47%
Service points won·Even
61%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Break points saved·Even
61%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.7
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 172). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Bencic B.Halep S.
Clutch Rating·Even
88
89
Break points saved·Slight edge
95
87
Break points won·Slight edge
94
100
Deciding sets·Even
98
98
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
98
82

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

Freshness

Recent load
Bencic B.Halep S.
Freshness·
82
—

Bencic B.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 29 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
22°CPartly cloudy
Wind 27 km/hHumidity 41%

Draw

Final
Bencic B.
Kvitova P.[2]
6-31-66-2
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.[2]
Hsieh S.
3-66-26-4
Bencic B.
Svitolina E.[6]
6-23-67-63
Quarter-finals
Kvitova P.[2]
Hruncakova V.
6-46-0
Hsieh S.
Pliskova K.[4]
6-41-67-5
Bencic B.
Halep S.[3]
4-66-46-2
Svitolina E.[6]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-26-3
R16
Pliskova K.[4]
Riske Amritraj A.
7-637-65
Kvitova P.[2]
Brady J.
7-51-66-3
Hruncakova V.
Kenin S.
1-67-56-2
Hsieh S.
Kerber A.[5]
5-76-46-0
Bencic B.
Sabalenka A.[8]
6-42-67-67
Halep S.[3]
Tsurenko L.
6-37-5
Suarez Navarro C.
Mladenovic K.
7-57-5
Svitolina E.[6]
Muguruza G.[12]
6-16-2
R32
Kvitova P.[2]
Siniakova K.
6-736-46-4
Kenin S.
Kasatkina D.[11]
6-32-66-4
Hruncakova V.
Bertens K.[7]
6-24-67-66
Kerber A.[5]
Jakupovic D.
7-646-3
Sabalenka A.[8]
Jorovic I.
6-46-0
Bencic B.
Voegele S.
6-16-1
Tsurenko L.
Zhu L.
6-46-756-3
Halep S.[3]
Bouchard E.
7-646-4
Muguruza G.[12]
Zheng S.
7-56-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Zhang S.
6-46-4
Mladenovic K.
Osaka N.[1]
6-36-3
Svitolina E.[6]
Jabeur O.
7-644-0
Pliskova K.[4]
Cibulkova D.
6-23-66-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Cornet A.
6-26-3
Hsieh S.
Sasnovich A.
6-16-2
Brady J.
Garcia C.[14]
6-47-5
R64
Brady J.
Ostapenko J.
6-46-0
Garcia C.[14]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-0
Kasatkina D.[11]
Frech M.
6-33-66-4
Kenin S.
Buzarnescu M.
6-36-0
Cornet A.
Babos T.
6-46-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Goerges J.[13]
6-47-5
Hsieh S.
Sevastova A.[10]
6-46-2
Sasnovich A.
Makarova K.
0-67-56-4
Jakupovic D.
Diyas Z.
1-66-16-2
Jorovic I.
Errani S.
4-66-46-2
Bencic B.
Hradecka L.
6-47-66
Zhu L.
Mertens E.[16]
5-76-47-5
Bouchard E.
Lapko V.
6-36-4
Jabeur O.
Vekic D.
6-47-69
Zheng S.
Tomljanovic A.
6-24-67-5
Zhang S.
Kontaveit A.[15]
7-636-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Strycova B.
6-16-3
Hruncakova V.
Pera B.
7-627-63
Tsurenko L.
Putintseva Y.
6-32-0
Mladenovic K.
Al Nabhani F.
6-16-1
Muguruza G.[12]
Yastremska D.
4-66-36-3
Voegele S.
Hercog P.
6-36-2
Siniakova K.
Martic P.
6-46-3
Cibulkova D.
Arruabarrena L.
5-76-16-2