Monica Niculescu vs Timea Babos — Florianopolis Quarter-final

Florianopolis · WTA · Quarter-final
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2013
hard
HUN
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Niculescu M.
6-3 6-2
Babos T.
Niculescu M.
662
Babos T.
32–

Monica Niculescu defeated Timea Babos 6-3 6-2 in the Florianopolis quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Timea Babos came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Monica Niculescu narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-02-08St. PetersburgR16hardTimea Babos4-6 6-1 6-3
2016-01-04ShenzhenR16hardTimea Babos6-1 6-4
2013-04-01MonterreyQFhardMonica Niculescu7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Babos T.

Babos T.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.Babos T.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.8
4.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
4.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Babos T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
12
0
Break points saved·Dominant
14
51
Break points won·Dominant
84
48
Deciding sets·Clear edge
28
6
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
15

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Niculescu M.
Puchkova O.
6-24-66-4
Semi-finals
Niculescu M.
Mladenovic K.
6-06-2
Puchkova O.
Williams V.
4-66-47-5
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Rybarikova M.
6-46-0
Mladenovic K.
Czink M.
6-46-3
Puchkova O.
Cepelova J.
6-16-1
Niculescu M.
Babos T.
6-36-2
R16
Cepelova J.
Beck A.
7-666-4
Williams V.
Muguruza G.
6-42-67-5
Puchkova O.
Garcia C.
3-66-36-3
Czink M.
Haddad Maia B.
1-66-27-63
Mladenovic K.
Maria T.
6-26-1
Babos T.
Scheepers C.
6-16-2
Niculescu M.
Mrdeza T.
6-16-1
Rybarikova M.
Garcia Vidagany B.
6-43-66-4
R32
Maria T.
Pereira T.
6-46-2
Williams V.
Lucic M.
6-36-3
Rybarikova M.
Date Krumm K.
6-36-0
Garcia C.
Irigoyen M.
6-16-4
Haddad Maia B.
Hsu C.
6-16-2
Czink M.
Shvedova Y.
2-66-46-2
Mrdeza T.
Peer S.
6-06-3
Niculescu M.
Medina Garrigues A.
5-77-676-1
Beck A.
Alves M.
6-23-66-0
Cepelova J.
Goncalves P.
7-646-2
Babos T.
Savinykh V.
7-656-736-2
Scheepers C.
Perez A.
2-66-46-0
Mladenovic K.
Keothavong A.
6-36-4
Muguruza G.
Barrois K.
6-26-2
Garcia Vidagany B.
Bratchikova N.
6-46-2
Puchkova O.
Flipkens K.
2-66-46-4