Naomi Osaka vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Naomi Osaka
#18 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 4–8
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
88wNaomi Osaka and Simona Halep have met 5 times since 2016; Simona Halep leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at Roland Garros in 2016 on clay. On hard courts Halep leads 2–1. On clay courts Halep leads 2–0. Across all meetings Osaka has taken 4 sets to Halep's 8. Their most recent meeting: Simona Halep won at Rome (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Osaka | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Naomi Osaka | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 22/33 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 3/11 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 14/44 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 18/33 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 6/10 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 71% | 10/14 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 32/34 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 22/34 | — | |
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: 3 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Osaka 1, Halep 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Osaka
💥 Big Hitter
Halep
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
May 16, 2018
Rome
C Clay · Round of 32
Mar 10, 2018
Indian Wells
H Hard · Semifinals
Jan 18, 2018
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 16
Mar 22, 2017
Miami
H Hard · Round of 64
May 25, 2016
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Osaka | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.46 | - |
| ROI % | -14.3% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.86u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Osaka | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ROU | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Karolina Muchova
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 6
Sara Bejlek
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Maria Timofeeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Elise Mertens
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Katerina Siniakova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Anastasia Zakharova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Elena Rybakina
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
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 · 44–44 matches
| Metric | Osaka | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | - |
| Sets won | 68% | - |
| Games won | 56% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Osaka | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Osaka | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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