Simona Halep and Harriet Dart will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7 pm (NB) on the Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.10
Harriet Dart -> 7.00
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Harriet Dart
There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Harriet Dart since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 3, Halep got to the 2nd round after defeating Jennifer Brady 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Simona had a good straight sets win against Brady (7-65 6-1). During the match Halep scored 75 points vs Brady’s 60. Halep was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep blasted 2 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 78% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Brady 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Halep has a a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (1078-432). 2-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has a 367-159 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Simona has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Halep had to surrender in the 4th round 6-1 4-6 6-4 to Serena Williams.
Harriet Dart
Ranked no. 173, Dart reached the 2nd round after beating Elitsa Kostova 6-4 6-1, Nicole Gibbs 6-2 6-3, Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6-1 6-3 and Misaki Doi 2-6 6-4 7-66.
In the 1st round against Doi, Dart recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-66). During the match Dart scored 121 points vs Doi’s 120. Dart was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Dart couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Harriet Dart lost the serve 8 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Dart put 62% of her first serves in, winning 55% (41/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (20/46) on the 2nd serve. Dart broke Doi 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Dart has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of her matches (144-94). 4-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Dart has a 30-35 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Brit has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Brit lost in the 1st round 6-0 6-0 to Maria Sharapova.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 81 |
| Pts | 75-60 | 313-245 |
| Total Points | 135 | 558 |
| Winners | 32 | 98 |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% |
Halep played 1 match while Dart competed in 4 matches. Dart started her run from the qualifications while Halep had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Harriet Dart dropped 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t lost a set so far. Halep has played 7 sets less than Dart (2 vs 9). Therefore, Halep played 61 games less than Dart. The Romanian scored 32 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, Dart blasted 98 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.8 |
| 1st in | 47/60 | 156/264 |
| %1st in | 78% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 98/156 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 53/108 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Halep blasted 2 aces . Dart blasted 3 aces (0.8 per match). Halep won 68% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Dart won 63% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 25 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 25/43 |
| % Converted | 63% | 58% |
| Conceded | 3 | 29 |
| Saved | 1 | 15 |
| % Saved | 33% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 14 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with 63% conversion rate. Halep conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Dart broke her opponents 25 times with 58% conversion rate. Dart conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R1 Brady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-60 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 47/60 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Dart | ||||||
| Q1 Kostova |
Q2 Gibbs |
Q3 Gatto-Monticone |
R1 Doi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 16 | 31 | 81 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 60-39 | 66-44 | 121-120 | 313-245 | |
| Total points | 108 | 99 | 110 | 241 | 558 | |
| Winners | 17 | 22 | 18 | 41 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 37% | 27% | 34% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 21/41 | 29/47 | 31/55 | 75/121 | 156/264 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 62% | 56% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 22/29 | 18/31 | 41/75 | 98/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 58% | 55% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 10/18 | 12/24 | 20/46 | 53/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 50% | 43% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/6 | 7/12 | 7/14 | 25/43 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 83% | 58% | 50% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 29 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 44% | 211% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
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