Simona Halep topples Nastasja Mariana Schunk 6-4 1-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday. Halep will square off with Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 0 minutes. The Romanian won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Highlights Simona Halep vs. Nastasja Mariana Schunk French Open – Paris

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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Schunk
6-4 1-6 6-1
1h:48
82
82
Total points
73
73
33
33
Winners
26
26
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
31
31
Unforced
37
37
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
7/10
7/10
Net Approaches
4/5
4/5
70%
70%
Perc
80%
80%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
57%
57%
1st in
64%
64%
70%
70%
1st won
55%
55%
33/47
33/47
1st won
26/47
26/47
43%
43%
2nd won
50%
50%
15/35
15/35
2nd won
13/26
13/26
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
4/13
4/13
50%
50%
Won
31%
31%
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At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 82 points vs. the German’s 73.

Halep

Halep was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Mariana Schunk

On the other side, Nastasja was struggling when converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Halep and Mariana Schunk is 1-0 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Halep will play Zheng in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Qinwen Zheng clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Melbourne back in January 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Halep overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Nastasja Mariana Schunk in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Romanian succeeded in coming back to break the German 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Nastasja was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Romanian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Nastasja converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 60 points. Halep was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Nastasja (34-26). Halep lost 13 points on serve (17-13). On the other side, the German conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

Halep started the set in the best possible way after breaking Nastasja Mariana Schunk in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The German reinforced her lead after breaking Simona in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Nastasja won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

The German was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Simona wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).

They played 49 points. Mariana Schunk was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Romanian (29-20). Mariana Schunk conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, Simona conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

Halep started the set strong after breaking Nastasja Mariana Schunk in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Halep managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Mariana Schunk in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

Certainly, a key moment was when Simona won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Romanian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Mariana Schunk was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 46 points. Simona won 10 more points than Mariana Schunk (28-18). Halep conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the net, Mariana Schunk conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).

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