Jelena Ostapenko vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇱🇻Jelena Ostapenko
#31 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 4–4
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
82wJelena Ostapenko and Simona Halep have met 3 times since 2017; Jelena Ostapenko leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Roland Garros in 2017 on clay. On hard courts they are level 1–1. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Ostapenko leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Ostapenko has taken 4 sets to Halep's 4. Their most recent meeting: Jelena Ostapenko won at Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ostapenko | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jelena Ostapenko | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 15/22 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 53% | 9/17 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 16/39 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 12/22 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 9/15 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 70% | 16/23 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 15/23 | — | |
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 (Ostapenko 0, Halep 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ostapenko
👑 The Complete Package
Halep
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
Both Jelena Ostapenko and Simona Halep are 👑 The Complete Package types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 3,166 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 18, 2022
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · Semifinals
Oct 7, 2017
Beijing
H Hard · Semifinals
Jun 4, 2017
Roland Garros
C Clay · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ostapenko | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.74 | - |
| ROI % | -7.7% | - |
| Units P/L | -0.54u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ostapenko | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | 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
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Aryna Sabalenka
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Antonia Ruzic
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Harriet Dart
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Zeynep Sonmez
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Panna Udvardy
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Francesca Jones
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 22
Magda Linette
French Open - Paris · 2nd Round
May 27
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 · 39–39 matches
| Metric | Ostapenko | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | - |
| Sets won | 56% | - |
| Games won | 52% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ostapenko | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 0 |
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ostapenko | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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