Estrella Cabeza Candela vs Monica Niculescu — Hobart Quarter-final

Hobart · WTA · Quarter-final
ESP
Estrella Cabeza Candela
39 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 January 2014
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Cabeza Candela E.
3-6 7-6 6-4
Niculescu M.
Cabeza Candela E.
37762
Niculescu M.
66341

Estrella Cabeza Candela defeated Monica Niculescu 3-6 7-6 6-4 in the Hobart quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Monica Niculescu came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Cabeza Candela E.serving51% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Cabeza Candela E.

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
Cabeza Candela E.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Even
72%
76%
1st serve points won·Even
54%
56%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
41%
46%
Service points won·Even
50%
54%
Return points won·Clear edge
36%
48%
Break points saved·Even
50%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.5
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (2 vs 195). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
14°CDrizzle
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 71%

Draw

Final
Muguruza G.
Koukalova K.
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Koukalova K.
Stosur S.[1]
6-36-2
Muguruza G.
Cabeza Candela E.
6-06-1
Quarter-finals
Stosur S.[1]
Jovanovski B.
6-36-2
Koukalova K.
Riske Amritraj A.[4]
6-47-5
Cabeza Candela E.
Niculescu M.
3-67-636-4
Muguruza G.
Flipkens K.
6-46-3
R16
Cabeza Candela E.
Vesnina E.
4-66-24-1
Muguruza G.
Wickmayer Y.
4-1
Niculescu M.
Barthel M.[6]
7-656-1
Flipkens K.
Hunter S.
4-67-637-65
Stosur S.[1]
Mladenovic K.
6-42-67-67
Jovanovski B.
Rogowska O.
3-66-26-0
Riske Amritraj A.[4]
Dellacqua C.
7-54-66-3
Koukalova K.
Zhang S.
6-16-2
R32
Niculescu M.
Rybarikova M.
6-26-0
Wickmayer Y.
Robson L.
4-62-0
Stosur S.[1]
Brengle M.[1]
6-746-17-65
Mladenovic K.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-776-46-4
Rogowska O.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
7-656-1
Jovanovski B.
Beck A.
7-56-3
Dellacqua C.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-46-4
Zhang S.
Zheng J.
6-36-1
Koukalova K.
Meusburger Y.
7-56-2
Barthel M.[6]
Svitolina E.[6]
6-46-3
Cabeza Candela E.
Knapp K.
7-56-4
Vesnina E.
Puig M.
6-46-4
Hunter S.
Peng S.
6-26-2
Riske Amritraj A.[4]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[4]
6-36-2
Flipkens K.
Erakovic M.
6-46-1
Muguruza G.
Mestach A.
6-16-1