Jessica Pegula and Simona Halep will play each other in the semifinal of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.52
Jessica Pegula -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Simona Halep
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Simona Halep since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-6 | 11-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the American got to the semifinal after beating Asia Muhammad 6-2 7-5, Camila Giorgi 3-6 6-0 7-5 and Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-3 6-3). During the match, Pegula scored 72 points vs Putintseva’s 57. Jessica was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 68% of her first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Pegula broke Putintseva 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pegula has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (252-159). 15-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has a composed 135-77 record in the last years on hard.
Jessica’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Madrid.
Pegula has a compiled 29-14 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Simona Halep
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 15, Simona reached the semifinal after beating Donna Vekic 6-0 6-2, Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-2, Jil Teichmann 6-2 7-5 and Cori Gauff 6-4 7-62.
In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Gauff (6-4 7-62). During the match Halep scored 84 points vs Gauff’s 77. Simona was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep made 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 61% of her first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (12/32) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Gauff 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Romanian has a compiled 36-10 win-loss record in 2022, 20-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 75 |
| Pts | 244-196 | 281-209 |
| Total Points | 440 | 490 |
| Winners | 95 | 104 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Pegula played 3 matches while Halep competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Jessica Pegula lost 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t lost a set so far. Pegula has played 1 set(s) less than Halep (7 vs 8). Therefore, Pegula played 10 games less than Halep. Jessica scored 95 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Simona struck 104 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 120/196 | 143/231 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 95/120 | 104/143 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 34/76 | 41/88 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 47% |
Pegula fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Halep fired 13 aces (3.3 per match). Pegula won 79% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Halep won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 20 |
| Converted | 14/34 | 20/43 |
| % Converted | 41% | 47% |
| Conceded | 11 | 18 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 45% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Pegula broke her opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. The American surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 20 times with a 47% conversion rate. Halep conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||||
| R2 Muhammad |
R3 Giorgi |
1/4 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 3-6 6-0 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 | 18 | 65 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 92-76 | 72-57 | 244-196 | |
| Total points | 143 | 168 | 129 | 440 | |
| Winners | 24 | 40 | 31 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 43% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 51/81 | 38/56 | 120/196 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 68% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 40/51 | 31/38 | 95/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 78% | 82% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 11/30 | 9/18 | 34/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 37% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 6/9 | 3/10 | 14/34 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 30% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 43% | 100% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Halep | ||||||
| R1 Vekic |
R2 Zhang |
R3 Belen Teichmann |
1/4 Gauff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 75 | |
| pts | 61-29 | 64-49 | 72-54 | 84-77 | 281-209 | |
| Total points | 90 | 113 | 126 | 161 | 490 | |
| Winners | 20 | 22 | 32 | 30 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% | 44% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 31/54 | 39/56 | 50/82 | 143/231 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 57% | 70% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 22/31 | 32/39 | 30/50 | 104/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 71% | 82% | 60% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/23 | 8/17 | 12/32 | 41/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 48% | 47% | 38% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/9 | 4/9 | 6/11 | 20/43 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 44% | 55% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 7/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 67% | 58% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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