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Simona Halep v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on titles. Halep’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Halep 664 matches, Williams 1,002 matches.
Williams has 72 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Halep’s 24 titles (one every 20 matches).
Williams has 23 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Halep’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches).
Williams averages 6.1 aces a match to Halep’s 1.8 — 3.4 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 85%, Halep’s team won 70% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Williams has 1,002 matches across 27 seasons, Halep 664 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.124 total · best 1Titlesper game0.172 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.023 total · best 1
65.6First serve in %60.3
63.5First-serve points won %74.2
54.8Break points saved %62.1
47.7Return points won %46.9
Head to head
212 matches since 201110
Hard · 9 matchesHalep 1Williams 8
Grass · 2 matchesHalep 1Williams 1
Clay · 1 matchHalep 0Williams 1
Grand Slams · 5 matchesHalep 1Williams 4
Finals · 3 matchesHalep 1Williams 2
Last meetings
8 Feb 2021 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-3 6-3
1 July 2019 · Wimbledon · Final · GrassHalep won 6-2 6-2
14 Jan 2019 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 6-1 4-6 6-4
29 Aug 2016 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-2 4-6 6-3
7 Mar 2016 · Indian Wells · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-4 6-3
17 Aug 2015 · Cincinnati · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
Halep––––1–––––
Williams––––––––––
1.81,181 total · best 11
Acesper game
6.14,649 total · best 24
11.77,748 total · best 25Games wonper game12.412,406 total · best 21
50.6Break points converted %48.2
66.2Sets won %79.3
56.7Games won %62.1
0.142 total · best 1Finalsper game0.197 total · best 1
1.5990 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.81,754 total · best 2
0.8506 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5457 total · best 2
8.95,916 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better7.57,560 total · best 20
0.2120 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2178 total · best 3
Williams won 6-3 7-6(5)
23 Mar 2015 · Miami · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 6-2 4-6 7-5
20 Oct 2014 · WTA Finals · Final · HardWilliams won 6-3 6-0
20 Oct 2014 · WTA Finals · Round robin · HardHalep won 6-0 6-2
12 Aug 2013 · Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-0 6-4
