Monica Niculescu vs Lucie Safarova — Beijing Round of 64

Beijing · WTA · Round of 64
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 October 2012
hard
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Monica Niculescu defeated Lucie Safarova 6-2 6-0 in the Beijing round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's semi-final. Monica Niculescu extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Niculescu M.
662
Safarova L.
20–

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
0.96
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 26%

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-08-29US OpenR32hardMonica Niculescu6-0 6-1

Statistics

Recent form
Niculescu M.Safarova L.
77%1st serve in+14%63%
54%1st serve points won+15%69%
46%2nd serve points won+2%48%
52%Service points won+9%61%
44%Return points won+3%41%
48%Break points saved+9%57%
0.4Aces / match+33.4
1.7Double faults / match+2.64.3

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Azarenka V.
Sharapova M.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Azarenka V.
Bartoli M.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Li N.
6-46-0
Quarter-finals
Azarenka V.
Oprandi R.
6-26-0
Bartoli M.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-02-66-4
Li N.
Radwanska A.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Kerber A.
6-03-0
R16
Li N.
Peng S.
4-66-27-63
Radwanska A.
Dominguez Lino L.
2-66-16-4
Kerber A.
Wozniacki C.
6-12-66-4
Sharapova M.
Hercog P.
6-06-2
Azarenka V.
Vesnina E.
6-36-3
Oprandi R.
Ivanovic A.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Jankovic J.
7-56-4
Bartoli M.
Goerges J.
6-37-62
R32
Azarenka V.
Lisicki S.
6-46-2
Vesnina E.
Paszek T.
7-656-2
Ivanovic A.
Lepchenko V.
4-67-56-1
Oprandi R.
Giorgi C.
7-56-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Kvitova P.
6-36-2
Jankovic J.
Niculescu M.
6-26-1
Bartoli M.
Morita A.
6-46-3
Goerges J.
Stosur S.
7-624-67-5
Li N.
Petrova N.
6-16-2
Peng S.
Shvedova Y.
5-77-56-2
Dominguez Lino L.
Robson L.
7-56-3
Radwanska A.
Zhang S.
6-26-3
Kerber A.
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-0
Wozniacki C.
Hsieh S.
6-757-636-0
Hercog P.
Makarova K.
7-653-67-63
Sharapova M.
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
R64
Shvedova Y.
Cibulkova D.
6-44-1
Peng S.
Wickmayer Y.
7-57-5
Li N.
Schiavone F.
6-26-3
Goerges J.
King V.
6-797-56-2
Morita A.
Torro Flor M.
6-36-0
Bartoli M.
Jovanovski B.
6-36-3
Niculescu M.
Safarova L.
6-26-0
Jankovic J.
Petkovic A.
6-26-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Bacsinszky T.
6-46-1
Kvitova P.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-3
Giorgi C.
Errani S.
5-4
Oprandi R.
Radwanska U.
7-56-2
Lepchenko V.
Pironkova T.
7-56-4
Ivanovic A.
Mchale C.
6-36-2
Paszek T.
Govortsova O.
7-50-67-66
Vesnina E.
Barthel M.
6-16-1
Lisicki S.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-35-76-2
Azarenka V.
Cornet A.
6-16-0
Dominguez Lino L.
Vinci R.
6-747-646-2
Robson L.
Date Krumm K.
6-46-4
Zhang S.
Wang Q.
6-36-2
Arruabarrena L.
Zheng J.
6-26-4
Hsieh S.
Zheng S.
6-26-3
Wozniacki C.
Scheepers C.
7-56-766-2
Makarova K.
Kirilenko M.
6-36-3
Hercog P.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
5-76-43-0
Cirstea S.
Arvidsson S.
6-26-3
Sharapova M.
Halep S.
7-57-5