Simona Halep and Aryna Sabalenka will face off in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.72
Simona Halep -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Aryna Sabalenka
This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in the 1100024959 back in January 2020.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Aryna Sabalenka – 1100024959 16-January-2020
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2, Simona reached the quarter after beating Ons Jabeur 1-6 6-2 7-67.
In the 2nd round against Jabeur, Simona recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 7-67). During the match Halep scored 95 points vs Jabeur’s 92. Simona was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 60% of her first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Jabeur 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Halep has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 72% of her matches (1128-442). 7-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a 372-160 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open .
The Romanian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Simona surrendered in the quarter 4-6 6-4 6-2 to Belinda Bencic.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 13, Sabalenka got to the quarter after beating Maria Sakkari 6-2 4-6 6-1 and Elise Mertens 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-4 6-3). During the match Sabalenka scored 71 points vs Mertens’s 54. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Sabalenka blasted 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 56% of her first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Aryna broke Mertens 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 70% of her matches (279-121). 6-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has a 119-68 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Adelaide.
Aryna has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Sabalenka capitulated in the 3rd round 6-4 2-6 7-67 to Belinda Bencic.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Sabalenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 44 |
| Pts | 95-92 | 169-132 |
| Total Points | 187 | 301 |
| Winners | 33 | 57 |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% |
Halep played 1 match while Sabalenka competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep conceded 1 set, while Aryna Sabalenka dropper 1 set. Halep has played 2 sets less than Sabalenka (3 vs 5). Therefore, Halep played 16 games less than Sabalenka. Simona scored 33 winners (35% on total points). On the other side, Aryna blasted 57 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Sabalenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 81/146 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 57/81 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 33/65 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Halep blasted 1 ace . Sabalenka also blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Halep won 61% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sabalenka won 70% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Sabalenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 38% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Simona broke her opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. Halep conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Sabalenka broke her opponents 11 times with 50% conversion rate. Aryna conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R2 Jabeur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-92 | 95-92 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 54/90 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 400 | |
| Sabalenka | ||||
| R1 Sakkari |
R2 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 44 | |
| pts | 98-78 | 71-54 | 169-132 | |
| Total points | 176 | 125 | 301 | |
| Winners | 32 | 25 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 35/62 | 81/146 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 25/35 | 57/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 13/27 | 33/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/9 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 4/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 57% | 124% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 200 | |
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