Simona Halep is about to play against Anastasia Potapova on Wednesday the 17th of August in Cincinnati. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Simona Halep is right now ranked no.6 occupying the position of Romanian no.1 with 3255 points preceding Irina-Camelia Begu who has 1384 points and is ranked no.34.
On the other part of the net, Anastasia Potapova is at the moment ranked no.54 with 1061 points with the status of Russian no.5.
Live Rankings
1340 | 509 | B.Marinkovic | 10 |
1341 | 888 | L.Salvi | 10 |
1342 | 574 | C.Chavatipon | 10 |
1343 | 104 | R.Jani | 10 |
1344 | 102 | A.Glatch | 10 |
1345 | 158 | P.Goncalves | 9 |
1346 | 602 | A.Ukolova | 9 |
1347 | 290 | T.Ng | 9 |
1348 | 688 | R.Newborn | 9 |
1349 | 343 | G.Olmos | 8 |
1350 | 384 | X.Sun | 8 |
1351 | 843 | M.Buchnik | 8 |
Halep is 9 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.6. Her career-best rank was no.1.
Simona Halep will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Potapova in the 1st round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Ons Jabeur who has 3915 points. If Halep wins, she will have 3255 points.
Halep will have only 240 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. The point will be dropped on the 12th of September (U.S. Open – New York)
In her live rankings, out of 3255 points, Simona has gained 2300 points (71%) on Hard Court, 390 points (12%) on Indoor, 345 points (11%) on Clay and 220 points (7%) on Grass.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Halep is still ranked no.4 as the Romanian no.1.
H2H Simona Halep vs. Anastasia Potapova
Halep and Potapova played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep.
The last time that they played each other it was in Moscow (Kremlin Cup) when Halep won 6-1 6-4. The prediction is Potapova to win in 2 sets.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Anastasia Potapova – Moscow 19-October-2021
Simona Halep in 2022
Ranked world no.54, Potapova played her last match on the 14th of August when she lost to world no.69 Anna Kalinskaya 7-5 6-1 in the qualifications in Cincinnati (draw).
This season Anastasia achieved a composed 29-18 match record. The Russian clinched 1 title in Istanbul. Potapova was the runner-up in Prague.
Anastasia Potapova in 2022
Now ranked no.6, Simona played her last match on the 14th of August when she beat world no.16 Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the final in Toronto to win her 24th career title.
This season Halep has a 38-10 win-loss record. Simona has won 2 titles in 2022 in Melbourne and in Toronto.