On Sunday, Simona Halep will try to win the 24th title in her career: in the final of the National Bank Open tournament in the “WTA 1000” category, our athlete will meet the Brazilian Beatrice Haddad Maia. The Toronto match is broadcast in LiveTEXT format on HotNews.ro.

Simona HalepPhoto: Vaughn Ridley/Getty images/Profimedia

The match can be watched live on DigiSport 2.

Simona Halep – Beatrice Haddad Maia, LiveTEXT in the final of the tournament in Toronto

The game will start at 20:30.

Who is Beatrice Haddad Maya?

Beatrice is 26 years old, she was born on May 30, 1996. She is 1.85 meters tall and left-handed. She has earned $1,923,331 in tennis and is currently ranked 24th in the WTA rankings.

She is coached by Raffaele Pacciaroni and won her first WTA titles after victories in Nottingham and Birmingham in 2022.

She also plays doubles, having won four tournaments: Nottingham (2022, with Zhang), Sydney (2022, with Danilina), Bogotá (2017, with Podoroska) and Bogotá (2015, with Gonsalves).

Simona Halep vs Beatrice Haddad Maia 2-1

Previously, Halep and Haddad Maya met three times, and our athlete won the first two matches.

2022, Birmingham: 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 for Hadad Maia

2022, Australian Open: 6-2, 6-0 for Halep

2017, Wimbledon: 7-5, 6-3 for Halep.

Know:

  • By advancing to the final, Simona Halep secured a prize of $259,100 and 585 points in the WTA singles ranking.
  • Simona Halep is ranked No. 9 in the WTA Live rankings (up six places), and a win in the Canadian event would help her reach No. 6 in the world rankings. At the beginning of the year, the Romanian announced that her goal this year is to return to the WTA Top 10.
  • Halep won the Rogers Cup (the previous name of the competition) twice in 2016 and 2018, but in Montreal. In 2021, Simona Halep was stopped in the second round, losing to Danielle Collins.

Simona Halep’s route to the tournament in Toronto

First round: 6-0, 6-2 vs. Donna Vekic

Second round: 6-4, 6-2 against Shuai Zhang

Best: 6-2, 7-5 vs. Jill Teichmann

Quarters: 6-4, 7-6(2) vs. Corey Gauff

Semifinals: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 vs. Jessica Pegula

Final: Beatrice Haddad Maia.

Simona Halep, 23 career titles

At the age of 30, Simona Halep has so far won 23 titles in her career, two of which are Grand Slam tournaments (Roland Garros 2018 and Wimbledon 2019). Our athlete lost another 18 finals.

2022 – WTA Melbourne (WTA 250)

2020 – Rome (Premier 5), Prague (WTA International), Dubai (Premier)

2019 – Wimbledon (Grand Slam)

2018 – Montreal (Premier-5), Roland Garros (Grand Slam), Shenzhen (WTA)

2017 – Madrid (mandatory premiere)

2016 – Montreal (Premier 5), Bucharest (WTA), Madrid (Premier Mandatory),

2015 – Shenzhen (WTA), Dubai (Premier-5), Indian Wells (Premier-compulsory),

2014 – Doha (Premier 5), Bucharest (WTA)

2013 – Nuremberg (WTA), Hertogenbosch (WTA), Budapest (WTA), New Haven (Premier), Moscow (Premier) and Sofia (“small” champion tour)