Simona Halep and Marta Kostyuk will play each other in the semifinal of the Transylvania Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.33
Marta Kostyuk -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Marta Kostyuk
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Marta Kostyuk play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Halep won 7-6(2) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in October 2021.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Marta Kostyuk – Indian Wells 08-October-2021
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 18, the Romanian got to the semifinal after defeating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-2, Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-2 and Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, Simona had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-1 6-1). During the match, Halep scored 60 points vs Cristian’s 35. Simona was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep managed to score 2 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Simona Halep was quite effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Simona broke Cristian 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Halep started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
Halep has a superlative record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (405-151). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has an overall 30-19 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Halep’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.
The Romanian has a compiled 21-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
Simona has never competed in this tournament before.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 55, the Ukrainian reached the semifinal after beating Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-4, Mona Barthel 6-4 6-4 and Emma Raducanu 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Raducanu (6-2 6-1). During the match Kostyuk scored 62 points vs Raducanu’s 40. Kostyuk was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Kostyuk made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Marta Kostyuk was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (20/27) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marta broke Raducanu 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Marta’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul.
Kostyuk has a compiled 25-16 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 54 |
| Pts | 186-118 | 198-144 |
| Total Points | 304 | 342 |
| Winners | 72 | 72 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Halep and Kostyuk played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Halep and Kostyuk have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Halep played 7 games less than Kostyuk. Halep scored 72 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian blasted 72 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 88/145 | 100/158 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 72/88 | 72/100 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 32/57 | 34/58 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Halep scored 10 aces (3.3 per match). Kostyuk scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Halep won 82% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kostyuk won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/32 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 41% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Romanian broke her opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Halep lost her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Kostyuk broke her opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Marta conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||||
| R1 Gabriela Ruse |
R2 Gracheva |
1/4 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 14 | 47 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 63-45 | 60-35 | 186-118 | |
| Total points | 101 | 108 | 95 | 304 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 21 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 32/50 | 26/45 | 88/145 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 26/32 | 21/26 | 72/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 10/18 | 11/19 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 58% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/12 | 5/12 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 42% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kostyuk | |||||
| R1 Pera |
R2 Barthel |
1/4 Raducanu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 15 | 54 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 64-51 | 62-40 | 198-144 | |
| Total points | 125 | 115 | 102 | 342 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 20 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 35/57 | 27/43 | 100/158 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 24/35 | 20/27 | 72/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 74% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 13/22 | 11/16 | 34/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 69% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 80% | 63% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 100% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
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