Serena Williams vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
9w7 meetings · sets 12–5
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
82wSerena Williams and Simona Halep have met 7 times since 2015; Serena Williams leads 6–1. Their first meeting came at Miami in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Williams leads 6–0. 2 of their meetings have been finals, split 1–1. Across all meetings Williams has taken 12 sets to Halep's 5. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at Australian Open - Melbourne (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Williams | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Serena Williams | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | — | ||
| Wins a set when losing | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | — | ||
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | — | ||
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | — | ||
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: 4 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Williams 3, Halep 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Williams
💥 Big Hitter
Halep
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
Feb 16, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jul 7, 2019
Wimbledon
G Grass · Final
Jan 17, 2019
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 16
Sep 2, 2016
US Open
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Mar 11, 2016
Indian Wells
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Aug 23, 2015
Cincinnati
H Hard · Final
Mar 28, 2015
Miami
H Hard · Semifinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Williams | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.93 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Maya Joint
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Ajla Tomljanovic
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 2
Anett Kontaveit
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 31
Danka Kovinic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Emma Raducanu
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 10
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 8
Harmony Tan
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
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 · 1–1 matches
| Metric | Williams | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | - |
| Sets won | 33% | - |
| Games won | 42% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Williams | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Slam | 3 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 3 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Williams | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 6 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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