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How Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza shape up ahead of their Australian Open semi-final at Melbourne Park on Thursday.

HOW SIMONA HALEP AND GARBINE MUGURUZA SHAPE UP AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINAL ON THURSDAY:

GARBINE MUGURUZA (ESP) leads 3-SIMONA HALEP (ROU) 3-2 (trails 1-0 at grand slams)

2018 French Open, clay, SF, Halep 6-1 6-4

2017 Cincinnati, hard, F, Muguruza 6-1 6-0

2015 Stuttgart, clay, R16, Halep 3-6 6-1 6-3

2015 Fed Cup Week 1, hard, R1, Muguruza 6-4 6-3

2014 Wuhan, hard, R2, Muguruza 2-6 6-2 6-3

SIMONA HALEP

Age: 28

Ranking: 3

Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money: $US35,132,271

Career titles: 19

Grand slam titles: 2 (French Open 2018; Wimbledon 2019)

Career win-loss record: 499-215)

Australian Open win-loss record: 24-9

Best Australian Open result: finalist 2018

GARBINE MUGURUZA

Age: 26

Ranking: 32

Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money: $US19,270,804

Career titles: 7

Grand slam titles: 2 (French Open 2016, Wimbledon 2017)

Career win-loss record: 382-194

Australian Open win-loss record: 22-7

Best Australian Open result: semi-finals 2020