Simona Halep is about to face Serena Williams in the quarter final of the Australian Open. While Serena Williams has a great record against the Romanian sensation, Simona stunned Serena in the last match that they played. Halep and Williams faced off in the 2019 Wimbledon final on what was the least favorite surface of the Romanian. Given her huge record on Wimbledon (7 titles), it seemed as the Romanian sensation had no chances to conquer the final in just 56 minutes.
Eventually, it was Simona to disintegrate Serena 6-2 6-2 playing in just 56 minutes. This was the first time that Halep conquered this tournament.
Highlights Simona Halep vs. Serena Williams Wimbledon – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Simona scored 55 points vs. Serena’s 38.
Halep
Halep served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 45% points (5/11) on her second serve. Simona didn’t lose the focus when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Williams
On the other side, Serena wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Halep and Williams is 2-9 for Serena.
This was the 22nd career title for Halep. (see list of the title). Williams remains with 73rd titles. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
Halep started off on the right foot in the set after breaking in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Halep managed to boost her lead after breaking Williams in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
There was an important spell in this set when Simona won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Simona was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Williams wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 46 points. Halep was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Serena (26-20). Halep lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, Williams conceded 8 points on serve (12-8).
Simona in this set was too strong for Williams and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Serena in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Williams was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Simona converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Halep didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Halep was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Williams (29-18). Halep was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Serena conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
