Flavia Pennetta vs Monica Niculescu — Cincinnati Round of 32

Cincinnati · WTA · Round of 32
ITA
Flavia Pennetta
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 August 2010
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Pennetta F.
6-0 6-1
Niculescu M.
Pennetta F.
662
Niculescu M.
01–

Flavia Pennetta defeated Monica Niculescu 6-0 6-1 in the Cincinnati round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Flavia Pennetta came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's semi-final. Flavia Pennetta extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-08-31US OpenR64hardFlavia Pennetta6-1 6-4
2010-06-21WimbledonR64grassFlavia Pennetta6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Pennetta F.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Pennetta F.

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
Pennetta F.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
54%
76%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
51%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 195). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Pennetta F.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
71
12
Break points saved·Dominant
83
14
Break points won·Slight edge
89
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
69
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
78
40

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
31°COvercast
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 41%

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Sharapova M.
2-67-646-2
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Ivanovic A.
2-1
Sharapova M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-43-66-2
Quarter-finals
Clijsters K.
Pennetta F.
7-666-4
Ivanovic A.
Amanmuradova A.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.
Bartoli M.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Wickmayer Y.
7-53-66-1
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Peer S.
5-76-46-4
Sharapova M.
Radwanska A.
6-26-3
Clijsters K.
Mchale C.
6-16-1
Pennetta F.
Zvonareva V.
6-46-3
Bartoli M.
Wozniacki C.
6-46-1
Amanmuradova A.
Jankovic J.
7-636-4
Wickmayer Y.
Li N.
2-66-27-64
Ivanovic A.
Vesnina E.
6-06-3
R32
Amanmuradova A.
Jovanovski B.
6-26-0
Ivanovic A.
Shvedova Y.
6-17-5
Li N.
Errani S.
6-26-2
Wickmayer Y.
Dulko G.
7-636-2
Vesnina E.
Schiavone F.
6-46-4
Clijsters K.
Safina D.
7-56-2
Mchale C.
Morita A.
6-26-4
Pennetta F.
Niculescu M.
6-06-1
Zvonareva V.
Kirilenko M.
7-52-67-62
Peer S.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Dementieva E.
6-16-3
Radwanska A.
Kleybanova A.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Petkovic A.
6-36-1
Bartoli M.
Bondarenko A.
7-646-1
Wozniacki C.
Bammer S.
6-06-2
Jankovic J.
Dushevina V.
6-43-66-1
R64
Niculescu M.
Lisicki S.
6-36-0
Kirilenko M.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-3
Mchale C.
Petrova N.
7-645-3
Peer S.
Govortsova O.
6-34-1
Morita A.
Parra Santonja A.
7-676-2
Kleybanova A.
Dulgheru A.
6-46-4
Shvedova Y.
Kudryavtseva A.
7-56-4
Vesnina E.
Oudin M.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Vinci R.
7-56-4
Dushevina V.
Rodionova A.
6-27-67
Errani S.
Hampton J.
6-46-2
Dulko G.
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Wickmayer Y.
Arn G.
6-26-2
Pennetta F.
Zheng J.
6-46-2
Llagostera Vives N.
King V.
3-66-36-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Hantuchova D.
6-36-4
Petkovic A.
Vandeweghe C.
7-616-1
Sharapova M.
Kuznetsova S.
6-41-66-2
Bartoli M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-0
Bondarenko A.
Cibulkova D.
3-66-26-3
Bammer S.
Cirstea S.
7-656-2
Amanmuradova A.
Date Krumm K.
6-16-2
Jovanovski B.
Rezai A.
4-66-36-4
Ivanovic A.
Azarenka V.
2-67-666-2