AO - Semi Finalists

These are the 2020 Australian Open singles semi finalists:

Women’s Singles

Ashleigh Barty (1) v Sofia Kenin (14)

Simona Halep (4) v Garbiñe Muguruza 

Barty has a 4-1 record in meetings with Kenin

They met four times last year with Barty winning three, including the round of 16 at Roland Garros

 Kenin won the most recent match in Wuhan in the round of 16.

Muguruza has a 3-2 record in meetings with Halep, but three of those matches were played in 2014-2015.

The most recent clashes saw a hard court win by Muguruza in Cincinnati in 2017, 6-1 6-0, and a clay court win by Halep at Roland Garros in 2018, 6-1 6-4

Men’s Singles 

Dominic Thiem (5) v Alexander Zverev (7)

Roger Federer (3) v Novak Djokovic (2)

Thiem has a 6-2 record in meetings with Zverev, with five of those decided on clay. 

Zverev won the Madrid Masters 1000 final against Thiem in 2018, but Thiem has won the last two meetings, the Roland Garros quarter final in 2018, and the ATP Finals semi final at the end of last year.

Djokovic enjoys a 26-23 record over Federer, including a 3-1 record at the Australian Open, albeit those matches were in 2007, 2008, 2011, and 2016.

The pair have met four times since the 2016 Australian Open semi final which Djokovic won. Djokovic won the Cincinnati Masters 1000 final and the Paris Masters semi final, both in 2018. Last year, Djokovic won the historic Wimbledon final, and at the end of the year Federer won a round robin match at the ATP Finals.