Indian Wells Open, Simona Halep vs Iga Swiatek: Key stats
Poland's Iga Swiatek thrashed 25th seed Madison Keys to reach the semi-finals of the 2022 BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Swiatek will take on 2015 Indian Wells Open champion Simona Halep in the semi-finals. Earlier, the latter crushed Petra Martic 6-1, 6-1 in the first quarter-final. Swiatek and Halep have locked horns thrice previously. Here, we decode their stats.
As mentioned, Halep and Swiatek have met thrice on the WTA Tour. They last squared off in the 2021 Australian Open where Halep won 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 (Round of 16). At the 2020 Roland Garros (Round of 16), Swiatek claimed a straight-set win over Halep (6-1, 6-2). Halep thrashed Swiatek in the Round of 16 clash in the 2019 French Open (6-1, 6-0).
Swiatek is the WTA Tour leader in terms of match-wins in 2022. With her victory over Keys, she extended her unbeaten run to 18 this year. The Polish is yet to lose a WTA 1000 match (2022). In February, Swiatek clinched the title at the first WTA 1000 tournament of the year. She breezed past Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-0 to win the Qatar Open.
Swiatek has won a total of four WTA singles titles. In Doha, she claimed her second WTA 1000 crown. She won her only other WTA 1000 title in Rome last year, having defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 in the final.
Halep has a win-loss record of 15-3 in 2022. France's Caroline Garcia had stunned her in the second round of the Qatar Open in February. Prior to that, Halep reached the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Dubai. Before the Australian Open (lost the last 16 clash), Halep won the Melbourne Summer Set 1, having defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final.
At the ongoing Indian Wells, Halep beat Croatia's Petra Martic 6-1, 6-1 to become this year's first semi-finalist. She earned wins over Ekaterina Alexandrova, Coco Gauff, and Sorana Cirstea before the quarter-final. Notably, Halep won the BNP Paribas Open title in 2015. She owns a total of eight WTA 1000 titles. The last of these came in 2020 at the Italian Open.
