HOW SIMONA HALEP MATCHES UP WITH CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL ON SATURDAY:
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, Wozinacki 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
Ranking: 1
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US20,912,291 ($A29 million)
Career titles: 16
Grand slam titles: 0
Australian Open win-loss record: 16-7
Best Australian Open result: finalist 2018
Road to the final:
1st rd: bt Destanee Aiava (AUS) 7-6 (7-5) 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
Ranking: 2
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US26,856,094 ($A33.60 million)
Career titles: 27
Grand slam titles: 0
Australian Open win-loss record: 31-10
Best Australian Open result: finalist 2018
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 (3-7) 6-2
SF: bt Elise Mertens (BEL) 6-3 7-6 (7-2)
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