QATAR TOTAL OPEN FEBRUARY 11 – 16, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QATAR | FEBRUARY 11 - 16, 2019 | USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.qatartennis.org | @QatarTennis | facebook.com/qatartennis WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan (
[email protected]) QATAR TOTAL OPEN - FINAL MATCH-UP [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) Halep leads 2-0 Halep dropped only three games in each of her previous meetings with Mertens... Mertens has claimed two Top- 10 wins already this week... Halep appearing in first final since last summer... Henin, the 2007 champion, is the only Belgian other than Mertens to reach the final here...Halep trailed 4-1 in the final set against Svitolina in SF HARDCOURT BREAKDOWN HALEP MERTENS Win/Loss: 199 - 97 Win/Loss: 52 - 32 Winning Percentage: .672 Winning Percentage: .619 Final Record: 10 - 7 Final Record: 2 - 0 THE FINALISTS CAREER PLAYER DOHA W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES TITLES [1] Simona Halep 14-3 8-2 458-199 205,063 28,350,642 0 18 Elise Mertens 4-1 8-5 263-137 166,333 3,326,579 0 4 FINAL RECORDS PLAYER 2019 BEST RESULT BEST DOHA RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [1] Simona Halep FINAL (1): Doha WON (1): 2014 2018 Cincinnati (R-UP) 18-15 Elise Mertens FINAL (1): Doha FINAL (1): 2019 2018 Rabat (WON) 4-1 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING WATCH DOUBLING DOWN Simona Halep’s progress this week guarantees she will Simona Halep has won multiple titles at four tour stop- move to No.2 in next week's rankings.