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Stat of the Day: Halep defeats No. 2 Badosa for biggest clay-court win of career

She's won all the biggest clay-court events, and now she has the biggest clay-court win of her career by ranking.

ByJohn Berkok

Published May 01, 2022

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Simona Halep has won all of the biggest tournaments on clay—Madrid in 2016 and 2017, Rome in 2020 and the biggest one of them all, Roland Garros, in 2018.

And on Saturday she added another achievement to her already-phenomenal clay-court resume: Halep’s 6-3, 6-1 second-round victory over No. 2-ranked Paula Badosa in Madrid was her first career win over a Top 2 player on clay.

Before Saturday, her biggest career wins on clay came against a pair of No. 3s—Karolina Pliskova in the semifinals of Roland Garros in 2017, and Garbine Muguruza in the semifinals of Roland Garros in 2018.

HALEP’S CAREER WINS OVER TOP 5 PLAYERS (14):
d. No. 1 Serena Williams in 2014 WTA Finals RR (hard)
d. No. 2 Angelique Kerber in 2016 Montreal SFs (hard)
d. No. 2 Paula Badosa in 2022 Madrid 2nd Rd (clay)
d. No. 3 Karolina Pliskova in 2017 Roland Garros SFs (clay)
d. No. 3 Garbine Muguruza in 2018 Roland Garros SFs (clay)
d. No. 3 Sloane Stephens in 2018 Montreal F (hard)
d. No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska in 2013 Rome 2nd Rd (clay)
d. No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska in 2014 Doha SFs (hard)
d. No. 4 Bianca Andreescu in 2019 WTA Finals RR (hard)
d. No. 4 Karolina Pliskova in 2020 Rome F (clay)
d. No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard in 2014 WTA Finals RR (hard)
d. No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki in 2015 Dubai SFs (hard)
d. No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska in 2016 Cincinnati QFs (hard)
d. No. 5 Karolina Pliskova in 2019 Billie Jean King Cup RR (hard)

Halep has a 29-8 career record in Madrid now. She’s only won more matches at two tournaments—she’s 31-12 at the Australian Open and 31-10 at Roland Garros.