Iga Swiatek and Simona Halep will play each other in the semifinal of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.61
Simona Halep -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Simona Halep
This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Simona Halep play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Halep won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 4th round in at the Australian Open back in 2021.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Iga Swiatek – Australian Open 14-February-2021
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59-8 | 29-5 | 26-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 68-11 | 42-8 | 19-2 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 67-9 | 42-6 | 18-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-15 | 18-10 | 12-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-5 | 6-4 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Iga reached the semifinal after beating Anhelina Kalinina 5-7 6-0 6-1, Clara Tauson 6-73 6-2 6-1, Angelique Kerber 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Madison Keys 6-1 6-0.
In the quarter, Iga had a good straight sets win against Keys (6-1 6-0). During the match, Swiatek scored 56 points vs Keys’s 25. Swiatek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Swiatek wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Iga Swiatek was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Swiatek broke Keys 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Swiatek has conceded 3 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 77% of her matches (168-50). 18-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has a compiled67-26 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Doha where she defeated Anett Kontaveit in the final 6-2 6-0.
Swiatek has an aggregate 18-3 win-loss record in 2022, 18-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Simona Halep
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-11 | 23-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, the Romanian reached the semifinal after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 4-6 6-2, Cori Gauff 6-3 6-4, Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-4 and Petra Martic 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, Halep had a good straight sets win against Martic (6-1 6-1). During the match Halep scored 55 points vs Martic’s 21. Halep was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Simona Halep was quite effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Martic 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Halep has a composed 15-3 win-loss record in 2022, 15-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2015. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 93 | 76 |
| Pts | 347-248 | 282-199 |
| Total Points | 595 | 481 |
| Winners | 129 | 116 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Swiatek and Halep played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Iga Swiatek surrendered 3 sets, while Simona Halep lost 1 set. Swiatek has played 2 sets more than Halep (11 vs 9). Therefore, Swiatek played 17 games more than Halep. Iga scored 129 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian scored 116 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 189/298 | 157/242 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 129/189 | 116/157 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 53/109 | 44/85 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 52% |
Swiatek made 14 aces (3.5 per match). Halep recorded 4 aces (1 per match). Swiatek won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Halep won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 28 | 19 |
| Converted | 28/48 | 19/29 |
| % Converted | 58% | 66% |
| Conceded | 33 | 17 |
| Saved | 21 | 13 |
| % Saved | 64% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 4 |
Iga broke her opponents 28 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Pole dropped her serve 12 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Halep broke her opponents 19 times with a 66% conversion rate. Halep conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | ||||||
| R2 Kalinina |
R3 Tauson |
R4 Kerber |
1/4 Keys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-0 6-1 | 6-73 6-2 6-1 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 93 | |
| pts | 93-66 | 101-81 | 97-76 | 56-25 | 347-248 | |
| Total points | 159 | 182 | 173 | 81 | 595 | |
| Winners | 34 | 37 | 37 | 21 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 50/86 | 53/75 | 61/92 | 25/45 | 189/298 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 71% | 66% | 56% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 37/53 | 37/61 | 21/25 | 129/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 61% | 84% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 13/22 | 15/31 | 11/20 | 53/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 59% | 48% | 55% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 28 | |
| Converted | 9/14 | 6/15 | 8/12 | 5/7 | 28/48 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 40% | 67% | 71% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 33 | |
| Saved | 11/16 | 0/1 | 9/15 | 1/1 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 0% | 60% | 100% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Halep | ||||||
| R2 Alexandrova |
R3 Gauff |
R4 Cirstea |
1/4 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 76 | |
| pts | 91-74 | 68-56 | 68-48 | 55-21 | 282-199 | |
| Total points | 165 | 124 | 116 | 76 | 481 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 22 | 27 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% | 32% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 48/62 | 28/59 | 33/44 | 157/242 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 77% | 47% | 75% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 33/48 | 22/28 | 27/33 | 116/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 69% | 79% | 82% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 9/14 | 15/31 | 6/11 | 44/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 64% | 48% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/9 | 5/6 | 5/5 | 19/29 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 83% | 100% | 66% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 3/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
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