Rivalry record: Simona Halep vs Elina Svitolina

Former World No.1 Simona Halep and WTA Finals champion Elina Svitolina have met eight times at Tour level - with the head-to-head 4-4, with one Fed Cup singles match won by Halep.

01 /09
Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina first met in the round robin stage of the 2013 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, with Halep winning 6-1, 6-1 en route to her sixth title that year (Getty)
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Halep defeated Svitolina 6-3, 7-5 in the playoffs of the 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Budapest, paving the path for back-to-back promotions for Romania to its current position in the World Group (Getty)
03 /09
In the 2017 Rome final, Svitolina defeated Halep 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to collect her eighth career title, fourth of that year and first win over the Romanian (Getty)
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Halep turned the Rome result around two weeks later in the Roland Garros quarterfinals, coming from a set and 1-5 down - saving one match point - to oust Svitolina 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-0 (Getty)
05 /09
Svitolina was at her best in routing Halep 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals of Toronto 2017 en route to lifting her fifth trophy of the year (Getty)
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In their fourth meeting of 2017, Svitolina would win 6-3, 6-4 in the final round robin match of the WTA Finals Singapore - though neither player would make it out of the group stages (Getty)
07 /09
Svitolina reprised her triumph over Halep in the final to successfully defend her Rome title in 2018 - this time with a more straightforward scoreline of 6-0, 6-4 (Getty)
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In the Dubai semifinals this February, Halep snapped streaks of six sets and three matches lost to Svitolina to level the head-to-head with a thrilling 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory (Jimmie48/WTA)
09 /09
Halep prevailed in the 2019 Wimbledon semifinal, going through 6-1, 6-3 (Getty)

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