Paula Badosa vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Paula Badosa
#58 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 2–5
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
88wPaula Badosa and Simona Halep have met 3 times since 2022; Simona Halep leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid in 2022 on clay. Across all meetings Badosa has taken 2 sets to Halep's 5. Their most recent meeting: Paula Badosa won at Miami Open - Miami (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Badosa | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Paula Badosa | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 20/27 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 7/18 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 14/45 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 51% | 19/37 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 3/8 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 21/24 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 83% | 20/24 | — | |
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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Badosa 0, Halep 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Badosa
💥 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
3 career meetings, newest first
Mar 19, 2024
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 4, 2022
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 4th Round
Apr 30, 2022
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Badosa | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.72 | - |
| ROI % | -3.7% | - |
| Units P/L | -0.52u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Badosa | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | 10,936 mi · 17,599 km | — |
| Route | BRA → 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
Jelena Ostapenko
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Daria Kasatkina
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Nadia Podoroska
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Semifinals
Sep 19
Mary Stoiana
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Jazmin Ortenzi
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Justina Mikulskyte
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 1st Round
Sep 16
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Daria Kasatkina
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
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 · 45–45 matches
| Metric | Badosa | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | - |
| Sets won | 59% | - |
| Games won | 53% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Badosa | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Badosa | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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