Simona Halep vs Sloane StephensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
82w5 meetings · sets 10–2
🇺🇸Sloane Stephens
#208 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
4Simona Halep and Sloane Stephens have met 5 times since 2015; Simona Halep leads 5–0. Their first meeting came at Miami in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Halep leads 4–0. Halep has won the last 5 meetings. 2 of their meetings have been finals, with Halep leading those 2–0. Across all meetings Halep has taken 10 sets to Stephens's 2. Their most recent meeting: Simona Halep won at Montreal (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Halep | Stephens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Simona Halep | Sloane Stephens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 71% | 5/7 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 28% | 5/18 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 28% | 7/25 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 20% | 1/5 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 47% | 9/19 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 50% | 1/2 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 67% | 6/9 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 56% | 5/9 | |
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 (Halep 3, Stephens 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Halep
👑 The Complete Package
Stephens
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 73% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 929 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 grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Aug 12, 2018
Montreal
H Hard · Final
Jun 3, 2018
Roland Garros
C Clay · Final
Aug 19, 2017
Cincinnati
H Hard · Semifinals
Aug 2, 2017
Washington
H Hard · Round of 32
Mar 27, 2015
Miami
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Halep | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 5–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 3.00 |
| ROI % | - | +8.3% |
| Units P/L | - | +0.83u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Halep | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 4 |
| Events | — | 4 |
| Matches | — | 7 |
| Distance | — | 1,730 mi · 2,784 km |
| Route | — | ECU → CAN → POL → ESP |
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
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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
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 25
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anastasia Potapova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Sinja Kraus
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Solana Sierra
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 4
Darja Vidmanova
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Yuliia Starodubtseva
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 25–25 matches
| Metric | Halep | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 28% |
| Sets won | - | 33% |
| Games won | - | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Halep | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 2 | 0 |
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 3 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Halep | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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