Simona Halep and Jennifer Brady will play each other in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 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 Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.44
Jennifer Brady -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Jennifer Brady

This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Jennifer Brady clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Halep won 7-65 6-1 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2020.

Highlights Simona Halep vs Simona Halep – Australian Open 21-January-2020

Simona Halep

Ranked no. 2, Simona got to the 1st round after defeating Ons Jabeur 1-6 6-2 7-67 and Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter against Sabalenka, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Halep scored 76 points vs Sabalenka’s 65. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Halep blasted 2 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Simona Halep lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Halep put 72% of her first serves in, winning 58% (29/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Sabalenka 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Simona has dropped 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points she played.

Halep has a a superlative record in the last 10 years having won 72% of her matches (1138-442). 8-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has a 373-160 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Halep’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open .

Halep has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Dubai

The Romanian lost in the quarter 4-6 6-4 6-2 to Belinda Bencic.

Jennifer Brady

Ranked no. 52, the American reached the 1st round after beating Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 7-63, Gabriela Dabrowski 6-4 6-3, Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-2, Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-1, Marketa Vondrousova 4-6 6-4 6-1 and Garbine Muguruza 6-75 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Muguruza, Jennifer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match Brady scored 99 points vs Muguruza’s 98. Brady was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Brady blasted 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jennifer Brady lost the serve once and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Brady put 59% of her first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Muguruza 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jennifer has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Brady has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of her matches (558-358). 11-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brady has a 110-94 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Brady has a 11-3 win-loss record in 2020, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Dubai

The American lost in the 3rd round 7-5 1-6 6-3 to Petra Kvitova.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Halep Brady
Match played 2 6
Tot Set 6 14
Tot Games 53 131
Pts 171-157 471-377
Total Points 328 848
Winners 62 194
%Winners 36% 41%

Halep played 2 matches while Brady competed in 6 matches. Brady started her run from the qualifications while Halep had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep conceded 2 sets, while Jennifer Brady dropper 2 sets. Halep has played 8 sets less than Brady (6 vs 14). Therefore, Halep played 78 games less than Brady. The Romanian scored 62 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 194 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Halep Brady
Aces 3 24
Avg per match 1.5 4
1st in 104/159 274/469
%1st in 65% 58%
1st pts 62/104 194/274
%1st pts 60% 71%
2nd pts 31/55 104/195
%2nd pts 56% 53%

Halep blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Brady blasted 24 aces (4 per match). Halep won 60% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Brady won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Halep Brady
Won 11 26
Converted 11/17 26/44
% Converted 65% 59%
Conceded 11 46
Saved 3 36
% Saved 27% 78%
Times Broken 8 10

The Romanian broke her opponents 11 times with 65% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 27% of the break points that she conceded. Jennifer broke her opponents 26 times with 59% conversion rate. Jennifer conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.

Halep
R2
Jabeur		 1/4
Sabalenka		 Total
Score 1-6 6-2 7-67 3-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 28 25 53
pts 95-92 76-65 171-157
Total points 187 141 328
Winners 33 29 62
%Winners 35% 38% 36%
SERVE
Aces 1 2 3
Double Faults 4 0 4
1st in 54/90 50/69 104/159
% 1st in 60% 72% 65%
1st pts 33/54 29/50 62/104
% 1st pts 61% 58% 60%
2nd pts 18/36 13/19 31/55
% 2nd pts 50% 68% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/9 6/8 11/17
Converted % 56% 75% 65%
Conceded 8 3 11
Saved 3/8 0/3 3
Saved % 38% 0% 19%
Times Broken 5 3 300
Brady
Q1
Pliskova		 Q2
Dabrowski		 Q3
Hsieh		 R1
Svitolina		 R2
Vondrousova		 1/4
Muguruza		 Total
Score 6-3 7-63 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 3 3 14
Tot Games 22 19 16 15 27 32 131
pts 85-72 62-43 66-45 57-33 102-86 99-98 471-377
Total points 157 105 111 90 188 197 848
Winners 40 23 15 25 48 43 194
%Winners 47% 37% 23% 44% 47% 43% 41%
SERVE
Aces 8 2 3 5 0 6 24
Double Faults 4 2 2 1 5 2 16
1st in 52/81 27/57 27/60 35/53 70/112 63/106 274/469
% 1st in 64% 47% 45% 66% 63% 59% 58%
1st pts 40/52 23/27 15/27 25/35 48/70 43/63 194/274
% 1st pts 77% 85% 56% 71% 69% 68% 71%
2nd pts 12/29 18/30 20/33 9/18 20/42 25/43 104/195
% 2nd pts 41% 60% 61% 50% 48% 58% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6 5 5 4 26
Converted 3/6 3/5 6/11 5/7 5/9 4/6 26/44
Converted % 50% 60% 55% 71% 56% 67% 59%
Conceded 8 4 7 4 13 10 46
Saved 6/8 3/4 5/7 3/4 10/13 9/10 36
Saved % 75% 75% 71% 75% 77% 90% 232%
Times Broken 2 1 2 1 3 1 67

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