Monica Niculescu vs Katie Obrien — Prague Round of 32

Prague · WTA · Round of 32
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 July 2009
clay
GBR
Katie Obrien
40 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Niculescu M.
6-3 6-2
Obrien K.
Niculescu M.
662
Obrien K.
32–

Monica Niculescu defeated Katie Obrien 6-3 6-2 in the Prague round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Monica Niculescu extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-01-19Australian OpenR128hardMonica Niculescu6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Obrien K.

Obrien K.serving39% hold

wins 46% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

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
Niculescu M.Obrien K.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
56%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
37%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
49%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
46%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.8
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
6.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (195 vs 17). 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