Monica Niculescu vs Elena Vesnina — Doha Round of 64

Doha · WTA · Round of 64
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 February 2012
hard
RUS
Elena Vesnina
39 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
Niculescu M.
6-1 6-0
Vesnina E.
Niculescu M.
662
Vesnina E.
10–

Monica Niculescu defeated Elena Vesnina 6-1 6-0 in the Doha round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Vesnina came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Monica Niculescu claimed a first win over Elena Vesnina in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-04-29OeirasR16clayElena Vesnina6-4 6-4
2010-09-20TashkentSFhardElena Vesnina6-3 3-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Vesnina E.

Vesnina E.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Vesnina E.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
58%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.8
2.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Vesnina E.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
55
Break points saved·Dominant
14
77
Break points won·Clear edge
84
69
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
79
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
40
29

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°COvercast
Wind 23 km/hHumidity 39%

Draw

Final
Azarenka V.
Stosur S.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Stosur S.
Bartoli M.
6-30-0
Azarenka V.
Radwanska A.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Stosur S.
Niculescu M.
6-22-66-3
Radwanska A.
Mchale C.
6-16-1
Azarenka V.
Wickmayer Y.
6-06-4
Bartoli M.
Safarova L.
7-54-66-1
R16
Mchale C.
Peer S.
4-66-36-4
Wickmayer Y.
Pervak K.
6-46-0
Azarenka V.
Halep S.
6-36-1
Safarova L.
Kuznetsova S.
7-666-3
Bartoli M.
Pironkova T.
6-36-3
Stosur S.
Cetkovska P.
6-36-2
Niculescu M.
Bondarenko K.
7-656-4
Radwanska A.
Lepchenko V.
7-56-1
R32
Lepchenko V.
Goerges J.
7-647-65
Niculescu M.
Zvonareva V.
7-53-2
Bartoli M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-0
Pironkova T.
Kerber A.
6-46-1
Kuznetsova S.
Kirilenko M.
6-46-4
Stosur S.
Cirstea S.
6-47-65
Azarenka V.
Barthel M.
6-16-0
Halep S.
Benesova I.
6-46-4
Pervak K.
Razzano V.
6-46-0
Wickmayer Y.
Schiavone F.
7-646-4
Radwanska A.
Keothavong A.
6-16-2
Mchale C.
Peng S.
5-76-36-2
Peer S.
Jankovic J.
7-636-2
Bondarenko K.
Pennetta F.
6-46-2
Cetkovska P.
Ivanovic A.
6-46-4
Safarova L.
Wozniacki C.
4-66-47-63
R64
Barthel M.
Garcia C.
7-667-64
Keothavong A.
Paszek T.
7-647-65
Ivanovic A.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-14-1
Peng S.
Al Nabhani F.
6-07-5
Benesova I.
Strycova B.
4-66-36-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Koukalova K.
6-46-1
Safarova L.
Radwanska U.
6-36-4
Kirilenko M.
Zheng J.
6-33-66-3
Kuznetsova S.
Martinez Sanchez M.
7-56-3
Kerber A.
Lisicki S.
4-66-46-1
Wickmayer Y.
Morita A.
6-26-1
Lepchenko V.
Wozniak A.
6-36-3
Goerges J.
Yakimova A.
6-26-2
Pironkova T.
Hercog P.
6-06-4
Halep S.
Hantuchova D.
3-66-27-64
Cirstea S.
Gajdosova J.
6-46-1
Cetkovska P.
Martic P.
7-657-5
Pennetta F.
Cibulkova D.
6-32-67-5
Bondarenko K.
Dushevina V.
7-56-2
Niculescu M.
Vesnina E.
6-16-0
Peer S.
Lalami N.
6-06-0
Mchale C.
Scheepers C.
6-46-3
Pervak K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
1-66-26-3
Razzano V.
Jabeur O.
6-32-66-3