2020 Simona Halep tennis season

2020 Simona Halep tennis season

Simona Halep at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Simona Halep
Country	Romania
Calendar prize money	$1.94 million
Singles
Season record	23–3 (88.5%)
Calendar titles	3
Current ranking	No. 2
Year-end ranking	2
Ranking change from previous year	4
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	SF
French Open	4R
Wimbledon	NH
US Open	A
Other tournaments
Doubles
Calendar titles	0
Ranking change from previous year
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: 19 December 2020.

Main article: Simona Halep

The 2020 Simona Halep tennis season officially began on 5 January 2020 at the Sydney International. Simona Halep entered the season as the No. 6 ranked player in the world and finished the year ranked as the No. 2 ranked player in the world and the most titles among the WTA players (3).

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 13 – 18 January 2020	–	1R	Bye
	1	2R	Ajla Tomljanovic	WC	Win	6–4, 7-5
	2	3r	Aryna Sabalenka	6/WC	Loss	4–6, 2-6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 20 January – 2 February 2020
	3	1R	Jennifer Brady (WC)	193	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–1
	4	2R	Harriet Dart	112	Win	6–2, 6–4
	5	3R	Yulia Putintseva	76	Win	6-1, 6-4
	6	4R	Elise Mertens (16)	16	Win	6–4, 6–4
	7	QF	Anett Kontaveit (28)	28	Win	6–1, 6–1
	8	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza		Loss	6-7, 5-7
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 17 – 22 February 2020	–	1R	Bye
	9	2R	Ons Jabeur	79	Win	1-6, 6-2 , 7-6
	10	QF	Aryna Sabalenka (7)	23	Win	3–6, 6–2 , 6-2
	11	SF	Jennifer Brady	45	Win	6–2, 6-0
	12	W	Elena Rybakina	45	Win (1)	3-6 , 6-3 , 7-6
J&T Banka Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay, outdoor 10 – 16 August 2020
	13	1R	Polona Hercog	110	Win	6–1, 1-6, 7–6
	14	2R	Barbora Krejcikova(WC)	WC	Win	3−6, 7–5, 6–2
	15	QF	Magdalena Fręch	73	Win	6–2, 6–0
	16	SF	Irina-Camelia Begu	43	Win	7–6, 6–3
	17	W	Elise Mertens (3)	47	Win (2)	6–2, 7-5
Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 14 – 21 Septembre 2020
	–	1R	Bye
	18	2R	Jasmine Paolini	78	Win	6–3, 6–4
	19	3R	Dayana Yastremska	31	Win	7-5, 6-4
	20	QF	Yulia Putintseva		Win	6–2, 6–0
	21	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza (9)	12	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	22	W	Karolina Pliskova (2)	4	Win (3)	6–0, 2-1
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 26 May – 9 June 2020	23	1R	Sara Sorribes	47	Win	6–4, 6-0
	24	2R	Irina Begu	87	Win	6-3, 6-4
	25	3R	Amanda Anisimova (25)	25	Win	6–0, 6–1
	26	4R	Iga Świątek	104	Loss	1–6, 2–6

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Surface	Win–loss	Win%
Hard	10–2	83.33%
Clay	13–1	92.86%
Grass	0–0	–
Overall	23–3	88.46%

Players are ordered by letter. (Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)

• Elise Mertens 2–0
• Irina-Camelia Begu 2–0
• Jennifer Brady2-0
• Yulia Putintseva 2–0
• Ajla Tomljanović 1–0
• Amanda Anisimova 1–0
• Anett Kontaveit 1–0
• Barbora Krejcikova 1–0
• Dayana Yastremska 1–0
• Elena Rybakina 1–0
• Harriet Dart1-0
• Jasmine Paolini 1–0
• Karolina Pliskova 1–0
• Magdalena Fręch 1–0
• Ons Jabeur 1–0
• Polona Hercog 1–0
• Sara Sorribes 1–0
• Aryna Sabalenka 1–1
• Garbiñe Muguruza 1–1
• Iga Swiatek 0-1