The meeting lasted 2 hours 30 minutes and ended with the score 3: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 3.

This season, Halep won the Wimbledon, and Andrescu won the US Open.

Also in the Purple group are the current winner of the WTA Final Tournament, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Czech Karolina Plishkova.

Earlier, Svitolina started with a victory at the WTA Final Tournament.