Also, former world number one Karolina Pliskova sailed into the last 16 of the women’s tournament.
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The 25-year-old Barty, who won her maiden Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2019, emulated her idol Evonne Goolagong who claimed the second of her All England Club titles in 1980.
World number two Halep, 28, was competing in her third Rome WTA final, having finished runner-up in 2017 and 2018 on the clay at the Foro Italico.
Pliskova, the second seed, beat fellow Czech Marketa Vondrousova 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the final warm-up tournament on clay before the French Open.
Ashleigh Barty claimed the biggest title of her career with victory over former world number one Karolina Pliskova in the Miami Open final.
Seventh seed, Karolina Pliskova, produced a fightback for the ages to claim a 6-4 4-6 7-5 quarter-final win over Serena Williams at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
Serena Williams was dumped out of the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday as Karolina Pliskova saved four match points in a remarkable comeback win.
Karolina Pliskova became the first woman to advance to the last four of the World Tennis Association finals.
Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova handed US Open champ Naomi Osaka a 6-4, 6-4 defeat, to claim the title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Serena Williams said she had cleared a major hurdle in her comeback after beating Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-3 to reach her 13th US Open semifinal.
The six-time champion, playing not as sharp as when she played her sister Venus on Friday, raced through the first set with a bagel, but her performance dipped in the second set as she lost 4-6.
The Dutchwoman simply cruised to a 6-2 6-2 victory against her Czech opponent.
The world number six was the top seed in Prague and was scheduled to face twin sister, Kristyna Pliskova, in the first round of their home tournament on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Romanian world number one, still without a grand slam title, trailed 3-0, but battened down the hatches to reel off the next nine games on her way to a first Melbourne semi-final.
But her Czech opponent hit the ground running and never looked back after she broke the American’s serve early in the first set of the group match.
Konta broke Williams twice in the first set as she moved into a 3-0 lead, before the 36-year-old American salvaged one of those breaks
The decision by the 24-year-old Pliskova came after she helped the Czech team retain the Fed Cup title with a 3-2 victory over France over the weekend