Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3.30 pm (NB) on the Rod Laver Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.61
Garbine Muguruza -> 2.30
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Garbine Muguruza
This will be the 6th time that Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Muguruza (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Halep won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in at the French Open back in 2018.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 3, Halep got to the semifinal after beating Jennifer Brady 7-65 6-1, Harriet Dart 6-2 6-4, Yulia Putintseva 6-1 6-4, Elise Mertens 6-4 6-4 and Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Kontaveit (6-1 6-1). During the match Halep scored 54 points vs Kontaveit’s 34. Halep was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Simona Halep conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 78% of her first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Kontaveit 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Halep has a a good record in the last 10 years having won 72% of her matches (1118-432). 6-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a 371-159 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Romanian has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Romanian lost in the 4th round 6-1 4-6 6-4 to Serena Williams.
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 32, Garbine reached the semifinal after beating Shelby Rogers 0-6 6-1 6-0, Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 3-6 6-3, Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-2, Kiki Bertens 6-3 6-3 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (7-5 6-3). During the match Muguruza scored 71 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 56. Garbine was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Muguruza blasted 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 56% of her first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Muguruza broke Pavlyuchenkova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Muguruza has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (997-515). 10-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muguruza has a 268-152 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Muguruza’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Shenzhen.
Garbine has a 10-1 win-loss record in 2020, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Garbine lost in the 4th round 6-3 6-1 to Karolina Pliskova.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 100 |
| Pts | 342-259 | 355-278 |
| Total Points | 601 | 633 |
| Winners | 142 | 146 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Halep and Muguruza played 5 matches. At the moment, Garbine Muguruza lost 2 sets while Simona Halep hasn’t dropped a set so far. Halep has played 2 sets less than Muguruza (10 vs 12). Therefore, Halep played 11 games less than Muguruza. The Romanian scored 142 winners (42% on total points). On the other side, Muguruza blasted 146 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| 1st in | 196/278 | 191/311 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 142/196 | 146/191 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 36/82 | 51/120 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 43% |
Halep blasted 13 aces (2.6 per match). Muguruza blasted 23 aces (4.6 per match). Halep won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Muguruza won 76% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 25 | 24 |
| Converted | 25/51 | 24/52 |
| % Converted | 49% | 46% |
| Conceded | 20 | 26 |
| Saved | 11 | 14 |
| % Saved | 55% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 12 |
Simona broke her opponents 25 times with 49% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Garbine broke her opponents 24 times with 46% conversion rate. Muguruza conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||||||
| R1 Brady |
R2 Dart |
R3 Putintseva |
R4 Mertens |
1/4 Kontaveit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 89 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 68-52 | 68-46 | 77-67 | 54-34 | 342-259 | |
| Total points | 135 | 120 | 114 | 144 | 88 | 601 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 44% | 38% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/60 | 39/60 | 39/60 | 39/57 | 32/41 | 196/278 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 65% | 65% | 68% | 78% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 26/39 | 30/39 | 29/39 | 25/32 | 142/196 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 77% | 74% | 78% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 11/21 | 8/21 | 6/18 | 4/9 | 36/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 38% | 33% | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 5/14 | 5/11 | 25/51 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 56% | 56% | 36% | 45% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 71% | 40% | 100% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 80 | |
| Muguruza | |||||||
| R1 Rogers |
R2 Tomljanovic |
R3 Svitolina |
R4 Bertens |
1/4 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 100 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 97-89 | 61-36 | 57-42 | 71-56 | 355-278 | |
| Total points | 124 | 186 | 97 | 99 | 127 | 633 | |
| Winners | 27 | 43 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 146 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% | 34% | 49% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 61/94 | 25/45 | 31/46 | 36/64 | 191/311 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 56% | 67% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 43/61 | 21/25 | 28/31 | 27/36 | 146/191 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 84% | 90% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 16/33 | 12/20 | 4/15 | 11/28 | 51/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 48% | 60% | 27% | 39% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/8 | 4/13 | 5/9 | 5/7 | 24/52 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 31% | 56% | 71% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 6/9 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 3/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 67% | 100% | 50% | 50% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 140 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Simona HalepHalep – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Sofia KeninKenin (4-1) – See H2H details
- Simona HalepHalep – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-3) – See H2H details
