Simona Halep and Anastasija Sevastova will play each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 10th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.197
Anastasija Sevastova -> 4.85

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Anastasija Sevastova

This will be the 10th time that Simona Halep and Anastasija Sevastova clash against each other. The head to head is 6-3 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Doha back in 2018.

Simona Halep

Ranked no. 3, Simona reached the 3rd round after defeating Caroline Garcia 3-6 6-4 6-0.

In the 2nd round against Garcia, Halep recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-0). During the match Halep scored 84 points vs Garcia’s 70. Halep was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Halep scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Simona Halep was very efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of her 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Romanian broke Garcia 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Halep has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (391-144). 7-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a 205-80 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Halep has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2019. See her history.

Miami
Halep's Record

Anastasija Sevastova

Ranked no. 57, Sevastova reached the 3rd round after defeating Olga Danilovic 6-1 3-6 7-63 and Cori Gauff 1-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Gauff, The Latvian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Sevastova scored 83 points vs Gauff’s 76. The Latvian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Sevastova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anastasija Sevastova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sevastova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Gauff 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Latvian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

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

Miami
Sevastova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Halep Sevastova
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 25 53
Pts 84-70 191-171
Total Points 154 362
Winners 29 64
%Winners 35% 34%

Halep played 1 match while Sevastova competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep dropped 1 set, while Anastasija Sevastova conceded 2 sets. Halep has played 3 set(s) less than Sevastova (3 vs 6). Therefore, Halep played 28 games less than Sevastova. Halep scored 29 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Latvian bagged 64 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Halep Sevastova
Aces 1 6
Avg per match 1 3
1st in 40/62 93/164
%1st in 65% 57%
1st pts 29/40 64/93
%1st pts 73% 69%
2nd pts 14/22 31/71
%2nd pts 64% 44%

Halep made 1 ace . Sevastova also made 6 aces (3 per match). Halep won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Sevastova won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Halep Sevastova
Won 5 11
Converted 5/10 11/32
% Converted 50% 34%
Conceded 3 19
Saved 1 10
% Saved 33% 53%
Times Broken 2 9

The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Halep lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Latvian broke her opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Latvian conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.

Halep
R2
Garcia		 Total
Score 3-6 6-4 6-0
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 84-70 84-70
Total points 154 154
Winners 29 29
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 40/62 40/62
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 29/40 29/40
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 14/22 14/22
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Sevastova
R1
Danilovic		 R2
Gauff		 Total
Score 6-1 3-6 7-63 1-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 29 24 53
pts 108-95 83-76 191-171
Total points 203 159 362
Winners 39 25 64
%Winners 36% 30% 34%
SERVE
Aces 5 1 6
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 55/92 38/72 93/164
% 1st in 60% 53% 57%
1st pts 39/55 25/38 64/93
% 1st pts 71% 66% 69%
2nd pts 15/37 16/34 31/71
% 2nd pts 41% 47% 44%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/17 5/15 11/32
Converted % 35% 33% 34%
Conceded 8 11 19
Saved 3/8 7/11 10
Saved % 38% 64% 102%
Times Broken 5 4 9

Tennis Scores in Miami

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