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H2H, PREDICTION Simona Halep vs Serena Williams | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Halep and Williams will face off in the quarter of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

Mark Hall

15 February 2021

Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Serena Williams

Simona Halep and Serena Williams will fight against each other in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 12^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.63
Simona Halep -> 2.57

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Serena Williams

This will be the 12^th time that Simona Halep and Serena Williams square off. The head to head is 9-2 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 6-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-2 6-2 in the final in at the Wimbledon back in 2019.

Highlights Simona Halep vs Serena Williams – Wimbledon 13-July-2019

Simona Halep

Ranked no. 2, Halep got to the final after defeating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1, Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-4 7-5, Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-3 and Iga Swiatek 3-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 4^th round against Swiatek, Halep recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Halep scored 85 points vs Swiatek’s 74. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Halep scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Simona Halep was very effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Romanian broke Swiatek 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Simona has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Halep has a a fantastic match record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (390-143). 6-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has a 204-79 record in the last years on hard.

Halep has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Romanian lost in the semifinal to Garbine Muguruza.

Serena Williams

Ranked no. 11, Serena reached the final after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-1, Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-0, Anastasia Potapova 7-6⁵ 6-2 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 4^th round, Serena defeated Sabalenka (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match Williams and Sabalenka scored the same amount of points (94). However, the world no. 2 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Serena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Williams managed to score 9 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 52% of her first serves in, winning 78% (40/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (19/48) on the 2nd serve. Serena broke Sabalenka 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Williams has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.

The American has a 7-0 win-loss record in 2021, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The American capitulated in the 3^rd round to Qiang Wang.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Halep	Williams
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	9
Tot Games	89	78
Pts	333-270	287-218
Total Points	603	505
Winners	131	116
%Winners	39%	40%

Both Halep and Williams played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep lost 2 sets, while Serena Williams lost 1 set. Halep has played 1 set more than Williams (10 vs 9). Therefore, Halep played 11 games more than Williams. The Romanian scored 131 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 116 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Halep	Williams
Aces	13	28
Avg per match	3.3	7
1st in	196/293	146/257
%1st in	67%	57%
1st pts	131/196	116/146
%1st pts	67%	79%
2nd pts	42/97	48/111
%2nd pts	43%	43%

Halep blasted 13 aces (3.3 per match). Williams fired 28 aces (7 per match). Halep won 67% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Williams won 79% of the 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	Williams
Won	24	19
Converted	24/45	19/35
% Converted	53%	54%
Conceded	30	27
Saved	18	19
% Saved	60%	70%
Times Broken	12	8

Simona broke her opponents 24 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Romanian surrendered her serve 12 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Williams broke her opponents 19 times with a 54% conversion rate. Williams conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

	R1 Cabrera	R2 Tomljanovic	R3 Kudermetova	R4 Swiatek	Total
Halep
Score	6-2 6-1	4-6 6-4 7-5	6-1 6-3	3-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	15	32	16	26	89
pts	63-35	115-109	70-52	85-74	333-270
Total points	98	224	122	159	603
Winners	23	51	24	33	131
%Winners	37%	44%	34%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	5	4	3	13
Double Faults	0	5	3	1	9
1st in	33/48	80/121	40/55	43/69	196/293
% 1st in	69%	66%	73%	62%	67%
1st pts	23/33	51/80	24/40	33/43	131/196
% 1st pts	70%	64%	60%	77%	67%
2nd pts	9/15	12/41	7/15	14/26	42/97
% 2nd pts	60%	29%	47%	54%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	8	6	4	24
Converted	6/8	8/14	6/13	4/10	24/45
Converted %	75%	57%	46%	40%	53%
Conceded	6	17	4	3	30
Saved	5/6	10/17	2/4	1/3	18
Saved %	83%	59%	50%	33%	56%
Times Broken	1	7	2	2	12

	R1 Siegemund	R2 Stojanovic	R3 Potapova	R4 Sabalenka	Total
Williams
Score	6-1 6-1	6-3 6-0	7-6⁵ 6-2	6-4 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	14	15	21	28	78
pts	54-23	61-38	78-63	94-94	287-218
Total points	77	99	141	188	505
Winners	16	24	36	40	116
%Winners	30%	39%	46%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	9	9	28
Double Faults	1	1	4	8	14
1st in	20/34	28/49	47/75	51/99	146/257
% 1st in	59%	57%	63%	52%	57%
1st pts	16/20	24/28	36/47	40/51	116/146
% 1st pts	80%	86%	77%	78%	79%
2nd pts	9/14	11/21	9/28	19/48	48/111
% 2nd pts	64%	52%	32%	40%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	4	5	4	19
Converted	6/9	4/9	5/8	4/9	19/35
Converted %	67%	44%	63%	44%	54%
Conceded	1	3	12	11	27
Saved	0/1	3/3	9/12	7/11	19
Saved %	0%	100%	75%	64%	60%
Times Broken	1	0	3	4	8