SIMONA HALEP V CAROLINE WOZNIACKI FOR THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL:
1-SIMONA HALEP (ROM) trails 2-CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN) 4-2
* 2017 WTA Finals, hard, R1, Wozniacki 6-0 6-2
* 2017 Eastbourne, grass, QF, Wozniacki 5-7 6-4 6-1
* 2015 Stuttgart, clay, SF, Wozniacki 7-5 5-7 6-2
* 2015 Dubai, hard, SF, Halep 2-6 6-1 6-1
* 2013 New Haven, hard, SF, Halep 6-2 7-5
* 2012 Dubai, hard, R16, Wozniacki 6-2 6-3
SIMONA HALEP:
Age: 26. Height: 168cm
Born: Constanta, Romania
Lives: Constanta, Romania
Ranking: 1
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US20,912,291 ($A29 million)
Career titles: 16
Career win-loss record: 298-140
Hardcourt career win-loss record: 180-88
2018 win-loss record: 11-0
Grand slam titles: 0
Grand slam win-loss record: 64-30
Australian Open win-loss record: 16-7
Best Australian Open result: finalist 2018
Best grand slam results: French Open runner-up 2014, 2017
Coach: Darren Cahill
Road to the final:
* 1st rd: bt Destanee Aiava (AUS) 7-6 6-1
* 2nd rd: bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-2 6-2
* 3rd rd: bt Lauren Davis (USA) 4-6 6-4 15-13
* 4th rd: bt Naomi Osaka (JAP) 6-3 6-2
* QF: bt 6-Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-3 6-2
* SF: bt 21-Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-3 4-6 9-7
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI:
Age: 27. Height: 177cm
Born: Odense, Denmark
Lives: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Ranking: 2
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US26,856,094 ($A33.6 million)
Career titles: 27
Career win-loss record: 548-223
Hardcourt career win-loss record: 402-151
2018 win-loss record: 10-1
Grand slam titles: 0
Grand slam win-loss record: 106-42
Australian Open win-loss record: 31-10
Best Australian Open result: finalist 2018
Best grand slam results: US Open runner-up 2009, 2015
Coach: Piotr Wozniacki
Road to the final:
* 1st rd: bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROM) 6-2 6-3
* 2nd rd: bt Jana Fett (CRO) 3-6 6-2 7-5
* 3rd rd: bt 30-Kiki Bertens (NED) 6-4 6-3
* 4th rd: bt 19-Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-3 6-0
* QF: bt Carla Suarez-Navarro (ESP) 6-0 6-7 6-2
* SF: bt Elise Mertens (BEL) 6-3 7-6
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