Monica Niculescu vs Olga Puchkova — Florianopolis Final

Florianopolis · WTA · Final
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2013
hard
RUS
Olga Puchkova
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLLLLLL
Niculescu M.
6-2 4-6 6-4
Puchkova O.
Niculescu M.
6462
Puchkova O.
2641

Monica Niculescu defeated Olga Puchkova 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the Florianopolis final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Puchkova O.

Puchkova O.serving43% hold

wins 47% 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.Puchkova O.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
58%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
38%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
49%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
42%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.8
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
7.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (195 vs 23). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Puchkova O.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
12
29
Break points saved·Clear edge
14
34
Break points won·Clear edge
84
60
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
61
Tiebreaks·
40
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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