Elena Rybakina vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#2 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
83 meetings · sets 4–4
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
82wElena Rybakina and Simona Halep have met 3 times since 2020; Simona Halep leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Halep leads 2–0. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Halep leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Rybakina has taken 4 sets to Halep's 4. Their most recent meeting: Elena Rybakina won at Wimbledon - London (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rybakina | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Rybakina | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 39/57 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 62% | 8/13 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 26/70 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 37/62 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 5/7 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 53% | 8/15 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 46/49 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 39/49 | — | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rybakina 1, Halep 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rybakina
🤖 Servebot
Halep
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 1,830 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Simona Halep.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jul 7, 2022
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · Semifinals
Sep 3, 2021
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 3rd Round
Feb 22, 2020
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–3 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.32 | - |
| ROI % | +6.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.90u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 8 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Taylor Townsend
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Coco Gauff
National Bank Open - Toronto · Semifinals
Aug 13
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
Liudmila Samsonova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Ann Li
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Daria Kasatkina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Lucia Bronzetti
Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca · 1st Round
Feb 4
Yue Yuan
Hong Kong Tennis Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 28
Anna Blinkova
Hong Kong 125 Open - Hong Kong · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Arina Rodionova
Hong Kong 125 Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 2
Paula Badosa
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Daria Snigur
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Anastasia Potapova
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Beatriz Haddad Maia
National Bank Open - Toronto · Final
Aug 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 70–70 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 81% | - |
| Sets won | 73% | - |
| Games won | 58% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rybakina | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rybakina | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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