Iveta Benesova vs Monica Niculescu — Prague Round of 16

Prague · WTA · Round of 16
CZE
Iveta Benesova
43 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 July 2009
clay
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Benesova I.
7-5 6-4
Niculescu M.
Benesova I.
762
Niculescu M.
54–

Iveta Benesova defeated Monica Niculescu 7-5 6-4 in the Prague round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Iveta Benesova came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Benesova I.serving45% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Benesova I.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Benesova I.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
55%
76%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
56%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
41%
46%
Service points won·Even
51%
54%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
45%
51%
Aces / match·Even
0.4
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (5 vs 195). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 58%

Draw

Final
Bammer S.
Schiavone F.
7-646-2
Semi-finals
Bammer S.
Benesova I.
6-07-5
Schiavone F.
Bacsinszky T.
6-24-67-5
Quarter-finals
Bacsinszky T.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-46-4
Schiavone F.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-1
Benesova I.
Diyas Z.
6-46-1
Bammer S.
Hradecka L.
7-55-77-5
R16
Suarez Navarro C.
Strycova B.
6-16-4
Diyas Z.
Kvitova P.
6-46-2
Bacsinszky T.
Voegele S.
6-46-1
Bondarenko K.
Barrois K.
7-57-5
Schiavone F.
Hercog P.
6-26-2
Bammer S.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-16-1
Hradecka L.
Sprem K.
6-24-66-4
Benesova I.
Niculescu M.
7-56-4
R32
Sprem K.
Maria T.
6-36-2
Bacsinszky T.
Rybarikova M.
6-27-65
Kvitova P.
Lapushchenkova A.
6-16-0
Diyas Z.
Mladenovic K.
6-46-1
Niculescu M.
Obrien K.
6-36-2
Benesova I.
Pliskova K.
6-756-16-3
Hradecka L.
Pervak K.
6-36-2
Schiavone F.
Peer S.
7-56-3
Hercog P.
Koukalova K.
7-56-4
Barrois K.
Olaru R.
5-76-17-5
Bondarenko K.
Bondarenko A.
6-16-3
Bammer S.
Pironkova T.
2-67-627-5
Suarez Navarro C.
Dulgheru A.
4-66-36-3
Strycova B.
Kucova K.
7-56-4
Kudryavtseva A.
Vaidisova N.
7-56-2
Voegele S.
Martic P.
3-66-46-3