2019 Simona Halep tennis season

The 2019 Simona Halep tennis season officially began on 8 January 2019 at the Sydney International. Simona Halep entered the season as the No. 1 ranked player in the world.[2]

2019 Simona Halep tennis season

Simona Halep at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Simona Halep
Country	Romania
Calendar prize money	$5,083,227
Singles
Season record	40–13 (75.5%)
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	No. 6[1]
Ranking change from previous year	5
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	4R
French Open	QF
Wimbledon	W
US Open	2R
Doubles
Season record	4–4 (50.0%)
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	169
Year-end ranking	165
Ranking change from previous year	4
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	A
French Open	A
Wimbledon	A
US Open	A
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	A
French Open	A
Wimbledon	A
US Open	A
Last updated on: 13 July 2019.

Year in detail

Sydney International

Halep started season playing at Sydney International as the top seed. She lost to No. 15 in the world at the time Ashleigh Barty in two straight sets, extending her losing streak at five.[3]

Australian Open

Halep's next tournament was Australian Open. In the first round she beat Kaia Kanepi in three sets.[4] . This match marked her first win since 2018 Western & Southern Open. In the second round, she faced Sofia Kenin, also winning in three sets. In the next rounds, she would play the Williams sisters. She won against Venus Williams in straight sets,[5] but then, she lost to Serena Williams in three tight sets. In the end of the tournament, Naomi Osaka replaced her at rankings and peaked at No. 3, after Petra Kvitova.[6]

Fed Cup World Group Quarterfinal

After win in World Group Play-offs vs Switzerland last year, team Romania came back on World Group, since 2016. In quarterfinals, they met team Czech Republic, in Ostrava. She led 2–0 in singles rubbers, defeating Katerina Siniakova and Karolina Pliskova.[7] With these wins and the doubles rubber win by Monica Niculescu and Irina-Camelia Begu, they qualified for the first time, since 1973, in the semifinals of Fed Cup.[8]

Qatar Ladies Open

Next tournament for Halep was Qatar Ladies Open, where she was the top seed and she had first round bye. En-route to the final, she defeated Lesia Tsurenko, Julia Gorges, and Elina Svitolina, where she trailed in the third set and, then, won five games in a row.[9] In the final, she faced Elise Mertens. She lost in three sets, giving Mertens her first Premier title. This was the first final of the season for Halep.

Dubai Tennis Championships

Next tournament was Dubai Tennis Championships. She was no.3 seed and defeated Eugenie Bouchard [10] and Lesia Tsurenko,[11] both in two straight sets. In quarterfinal she was defeated by eventual champion, Belinda Bencic. In a conclusion of this tournament, Halep remains at no.2, after Kvitova lost in the final.[12]

Indian Wells Open

In the Indian Wells, Halep was seeded no.2. She defeated Barbora Strycova[13] and Kateryna Kozlova in two straight sets.[14] Halep lost in the fourth round against Marketa Vondrousova in three sets. After this tournament, she remains no.2 in the world.

Miami Open

After the run of Indian Wells, her next tournament was Miami Open. In the second round, she crushed Taylor Townsend in straight sets. In the third round, she defeated Polona Hercog in three tough sets. Halep won against Venus Williams and Qiang Wang, in fourth round and quarterfinal, respectively. She was in contention of regaining the no.1 spot by reaching the finals, after Osaka's defeat in the third round. In the semifinal, she faced Karolina Pliskova, losing in straight sets. After this tournament, she remained no.2.

Fed Cup World Group Semifinal

Her first clay-court event of the season was Fed Cup Semifinal. There, Romanian Fed Cup Team faced France in Rouen. In the singles rubber, Halep defeated Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia. At the doubles rubber, she played instead of Irina-Camelia Begu, withdrawing due to ankle injury, with Monica Niculescu. Anyway, after taking the first set, they lost, giving to France a ticket to the Fed Cup final.

Wimbledon

Halep won the 2019 Wimbledon Championships defeating Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2.

All matches

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 6 – 12 January 2019	–	1R	Bye
	1	2R	Ashleigh Barty	15	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 14 – 27 January 2019	2	1R	Kaia Kanepi	71	Win	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–2
	3	2R	Sofia Kenin	37	Win	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
	4	3R	Venus Williams	36	Win	6–2, 6–3
	5	4R	Serena Williams (16)	16	Loss	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Fed Cup World Group  Czech Republic vs.  Romania Ostrava, Czech Republic Fed Cup Hard, indoor 9 – 10 February 2019	6	QF	Kateřina Siniaková	44	Win	6–4, 6–0
	7	QF	Karolína Plíšková	5	Win	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 11 – 16 February 2019	–	1R	Bye
	8	2R	Lesia Tsurenko	24	Win	6–2, 6–3
	9	QF	Julia Görges (9)	16	Win	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(8–6)
	10	SF	Elina Svitolina (4/WC)	7	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
	11	F	Elise Mertens	21	Loss (1)	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 17 – 23 February 2019[15]	–	1R	Bye
	12	2R	Eugenie Bouchard (WC)	79	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	13	3R	Lesia Tsurenko	23	Win	6–3, 7–5
	14	QF	Belinda Bencic	45	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 4 – 17 March 2019	–	1R	Bye
	15	2R	Barbora Strýcová	50	Win	6–2, 6–4
	16	3R	Kateryna Kozlova (Q)	114	Win	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
	17	4R	Markéta Vondroušová	61	Loss	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Miami Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 March 2019	–	1R	Bye
	18	2R	Taylor Townsend (Q)	96	Win	6–1, 6–3
	19	3R	Polona Hercog (LL)	93	Win	5–7, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2
	20	4R	Venus Williams	43	Win	6–3, 6–3
	21	QF	Wang Qiang (18)	18	Win	6–4, 7–5
	22	SF	Karolína Plíšková (5)	7	Loss	5–7, 1–6
Fed Cup World Group  France vs.  Romania Rouen, France Fed Cup Clay, indoor 20 – 21 April 2019	23	SF	Kristina Mladenovic	66	Win	6–3, 6–1
	24	SF	Caroline Garcia	21	Win	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–4
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 3 – 12 May 2019	25	1R	Margarita Gasparyan (Q)	64	Win	6–0, 6–4
	26	2R	Johanna Konta	41	Win	7–5, 6–1
	27	3R	Viktória Kužmová	46	Win	6–0, 6–0
	28	QF	Ashleigh Barty (9)	9	Win	7–5, 7–5
	29	SF	Belinda Bencic	18	Win	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 6–0
	30	F	Kiki Bertens (7)	7	Loss (2)	4–6, 4–6
Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 13 – 19 May 2019	–	1R	Bye
	31	2R	Markéta Vondroušová	44	Loss	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 26 May – 9 June 2019	32	1R	Ajla Tomljanović	47	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
	33	2R	Magda Linette	87	Win	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
	34	3R	Lesia Tsurenko (27)	27	Win	6–2, 6–1
	35	4R	Iga Świątek	104	Win	6–1, 6–0
	36	QF	Amanda Anisimova	51	Loss	2–6, 4–6
Eastbourne International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier Grass, outdoor 23 – 29 June 2019	–	1R	Bye
	37	2R	Hsieh Su-wei	29	Win	6–2, 6–0
	38	3R	Polona Hercog (Q)	60	Win	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
	39	QF	Angelique Kerber (4/WC)	5	Loss	4–6, 3–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 1 – 14 July 2019	40	1R	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	36	Win	6–4, 7–5
	41	2R	Mihaela Buzărnescu	53	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
	42	3R	Victoria Azarenka	40	Win	6–3, 6–1
	43	4R	Cori Gauff (Q)	313	Win	6–3, 6–3
	44	QF	Zhang Shuai	50	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
	45	SF	Elina Svitolina (8)	8	Win	6–1, 6–3
	46	W	Serena Williams (11)	10	Win (1)	6–2, 6–2
Canadian Open Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 5 – 11 August 2019	–	1R	Bye
	47	2R	Jennifer Brady (Q)	76	Win	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
	48	3R	Svetlana Kuznetsova (WC)	198	Win	6–2, 6–1
	49	QF	Marie Bouzková (Q)	91	Loss	4–6, retired
Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 12 – 18 August 2019
	–	1R	Bye
	50	2R	Ekaterina Alexandrova	43	Win	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
	51	3R	Madison Keys (16)	18	Loss	1–6, 6–3, 5–7
U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 26 August – 8 September 2019
	52	1R	Nicole Gibbs (LL)	135	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
	53	2R	Taylor Townsend (Q)	116	Loss	6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 22 – 28 September 2019
	–	1R	Bye
	54	2R	Barbora Strýcová	34	Win	6–3, 6–2
	55	3R	Elena Rybakina (WC)	50	Loss	4–5, retired
China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 30 September – 6 October 2019
	56	1R	Rebecca Peterson (Q)	57	Win	6–1, 6–1
57	2R	Ekaterina Alexandrova	38	Loss	2–6, 3–6

Tournament results and points comparison 2018 -2019

Halep's 2019 singles tournament results and points is as follows:

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	2018 result	2018 points	2019 points	Outcome 2019
30 December – 5 January	Shenzhen Open	Shenzhen	International	Hard	W	280	0	Did not participate
6 January – 12 January	Sydney International	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard	DNP	0	1	Second round lost to Ashleigh Barty 4–6, 4–6
14 January – 27 January	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	F	1300	240	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
11 February – 16 February	Qatar Open	Doha	WTA Premier[lower-alpha 1]	Hard	SF	350	305	Final lost to Elise Mertens 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
17 February – 23 February	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	Premier 5	Hard	DNP	0	190	Quarterfinals lost to Belinda Bencic 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
4 March – 17 March	Indian Wells Open	Indian Wells	Premier Mandatory	Hard	SF	390	120	Fourth round lost to Markéta Vondroušová 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
18 March – 31 March	Miami Open	Miami	Premier Mandatory	Hard	3R	65	390	Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková 5–7, 1–6
22 April – 28 April	Stuttgart Open	Stuttgart	Premier	Clay (i)	QF	100	0	Withdrew due to ankle injury
6 May – 12 May	Madrid Open	Madrid	Premier Mandatory	Clay	QF	215	650	Final lost to Kiki Bertens 4–6, 4–6
13 May – 19 May	Italian Open	Rome	Premier 5	Clay	F	585	1	Second round lost to Markéta Vondroušová 6–2, 5–7, 3–6
26 May – 9 June	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	W	2000	430	Quarterfinals lost to Amanda Anisimova 2–6, 4–6
22 April – 28 April	Eastbourne International	Eastbourne	Premier	Grass	DNP	0	100	Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber 4–6, 3–6
1 July – 14 July	Wimbledon	London	Grand Slam	Grass	3R	130	2000	Winner defeated Serena Williams 6–2, 6–2
5 August – 11 August	Canadian Open	Toronto	Premier 5	Hard	W	900	190	Quarterfinals lost to Marie Bouzková 4–6, retired
12 August – 18 August	Cincinnati Open	Cincinnati	Premier 5	Hard	F	585	105	Third round lost to Madison Keys 1–6, 6–3, 5–7
26 August – 8 September	US Open	New York	Grand Slam	Hard	1R	10	70	Second round lost to Taylor Townsend 6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
9 September – 16 September	Zhengzhou Open	Zhengzhou	Premier	Hard	DNP	0	0	Withdrew due to ankle injury
22 September – 28 September	Wuhan Open	Wuhan	Premier 5	Hard	2R	1	105	Third round lost to E Rybakina 4^r - 5, retired due to lower back injury [16]
30 September – 6 October	China Open	Beijing	Premier Mandatory	Hard	1R	10	65	Second round lost to E Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3
27 October – 3 November	WTA Finals	Shenzhen	Year-end Championships	Hard	DNP	0	500	Roud robin 1W -2L
Total year-end points						6910	5642	-1268 difference

Finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1) Premier (0–1) International (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (1–0)

Titles by setting Outdoors (1–2) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2019	Qatar Total Open, Qatar	Premier	Hard	Elise Mertens	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2019	Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2019	Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–2

Notes

1. Qatar Total Open was a Premier 5 tournament in 2018.

References

1. "Rankings | Singles | WTA Tour". 9 September 2019.
2. "Simona Halep ranking".
3. "Simona Halep: World number one loses to Ashleigh Barty at Sydney International".
4. "Simona Halep fights back to beat Kaia Kanepi at Australian Open".
5. "Australian Open 2019: Simona Halep beats Venus Williams to reach last 16".
6. "Serena Williams through to Australian Open 2019 quarter-final after epic win over Simona Halep".
7. "Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova set to headline the Fed Cup first round".
8. "The national team of Romania defeated the Czech team in the quarterfinals of the "Federation Cup"".
9. "Halep comeback snaps losing streak against Svitolina to make Doha final in thriller".
10. "Halep too strong for Bouchard in Dubai".
11. "Halep pulls off Tsurenko repeat to reach last eight".
12. "Dubai Tennis 2019: Belinda Bencic 'didn't give up' in victory against Simona Halep".
13. "Halep sweeps past Strycova into Indian Wells third round".
14. "Halep counts Kozlova out after tough test in Indian Wells".
15. "Dubai Championships: Simona Halep loses to Belinda Bencic".
16. "Wuhan Open 2019: Simona Halep retires hurt from third-round match with lower back injury".

External links

• Simona Halep at the Women's Tennis Association
• Simona Halep at the International Tennis Federation
• Simona Halep at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Simona Halep at IMDb