Monica Niculescu vs Marina Erakovic — Indian Wells Round of 128

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 128
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 March 2014
hard
NZL
Marina Erakovic
38 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLLW
Niculescu M.
6-2 6-2
Erakovic M.
Niculescu M.
662
Erakovic M.
220

Monica Niculescu defeated Marina Erakovic 6-2 6-2 in the Indian Wells round of 128 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 64. Monica Niculescu extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-05-20StrasbourgR32clayMonica Niculescu6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Erakovic M.

Erakovic M.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Erakovic M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Break points saved·Even
51%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.8
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (195 vs 119). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Erakovic M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
12
18
Break points saved·Dominant
14
49
Break points won·Dominant
84
42
Deciding sets·Slight edge
28
35
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
40
53

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
19°COvercast
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 49%

Draw

Final
Pennetta F.[20]
Radwanska A.[2]
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Radwanska A.[2]
Halep S.[6]
6-36-4
Pennetta F.[20]
Li N.[1]
7-656-3
Quarter-finals
Li N.[1]
Cibulkova D.[12]
6-34-66-3
Radwanska A.[2]
Jankovic J.[7]
7-52-66-4
Pennetta F.[20]
Stephens S.[17]
6-45-76-4
Halep S.[6]
Dellacqua C.
6-26-2
R16
Li N.[1]
Wozniak A.
6-16-4
Cibulkova D.[12]
Kvitova P.[8]
6-36-2
Pennetta F.[20]
Giorgi C.
6-26-1
Halep S.[6]
Bouchard E.[18]
6-21-66-4
Jankovic J.[7]
Wozniacki C.[10]
6-36-1
Radwanska A.[2]
Cornet A.[22]
7-56-3
Dellacqua C.
Davis L.
DEF
Stephens S.[17]
Kleybanova A.
6-37-5
R32
Cibulkova D.[12]
Makarova K.[23]
6-47-5
Wozniak A.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[21]
6-16-736-0
Kvitova P.[8]
Kuznetsova S.[27]
6-32-66-0
Giorgi C.
Sharapova M.[4]
6-34-67-5
Pennetta F.[20]
Stosur S.[16]
6-43-66-1
Stephens S.[17]
Ivanovic A.[11]
7-636-4
Kleybanova A.
Torro Flor M.
6-16-3
Halep S.[6]
Safarova L.[26]
6-24-66-4
Dellacqua C.
Vinci R.[13]
4-66-46-3
Davis L.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-2
Jankovic J.[7]
Rybarikova M.[31]
6-36-2
Wozniacki C.[10]
Shvedova Y.
7-673-66-1
Cornet A.[22]
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
6-747-56-3
Radwanska A.[2]
Beck A.
6-06-0
Bouchard E.[18]
Errani S.[9]
6-36-3
Li N.[1]
Pliskova K.
6-36-4
R64
Giorgi C.
Cirstea S.[25]
7-636-3
Li N.[1]
Zheng J.
6-17-5
Pavlyuchenkova A.[21]
Garcia C.
6-47-5
Wozniak A.
Lisicki S.[15]
7-51-67-65
Cibulkova D.[12]
Vekic D.
6-36-2
Makarova K.[23]
Niculescu M.
5-77-636-3
Kuznetsova S.[27]
Strycova B.
6-36-3
Kvitova P.[8]
Vandeweghe C.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.[4]
Goerges J.
6-16-4
Pennetta F.[20]
Townsend T.
6-36-746-3
Stosur S.[16]
Schiavone F.
6-26-3
Ivanovic A.[11]
Svitolina E.
4-67-57-61
Stephens S.[17]
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-0
Kleybanova A.
Muguruza G.[32]
6-36-2
Torro Flor M.
Kerber A.[5]
2-67-656-4
Halep S.[6]
Nara K.
6-26-2
Safarova L.[26]
Wickmayer Y.
6-36-4
Bouchard E.[18]
Peng S.
6-26-2
Errani S.[9]
Fichman S.
6-16-1
Vinci R.[13]
Keys M.
6-36-3
Dellacqua C.
Flipkens K.[19]
1-66-36-1
Jankovic J.[7]
Meusburger Y.
6-36-1
Shvedova Y.
Kanepi K.[24]
6-36-2
Wozniacki C.[10]
Jovanovski B.
6-16-3
Cornet A.[22]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-34-66-2
Radwanska A.[2]
Watson H.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
Mladenovic K.
6-36-3
Rybarikova M.[31]
Rogers S.
6-46-3
Pliskova K.
Koukalova K.[28]
7-56-2
Beck A.
Vesnina E.[30]
6-23-66-3
Lepchenko V.
Hantuchova D.[29]
6-36-2
Davis L.
Azarenka V.[3]
6-07-62
R128
Zheng J.
Ormaechea P.
3-66-37-65
Pliskova K.
Larcher De Brito M.
6-23-66-2
Garcia C.
Mattek Sands B.
6-37-5
Wozniak A.
Radwanska U.
6-26-0
Vandeweghe C.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-46-0
Goerges J.
Cepelova J.
6-12-66-3
Giorgi C.
Petkovic A.
6-756-36-3
Townsend T.
Knapp K.
7-616-1
Schiavone F.
Barthel M.
3-66-26-2
Svitolina E.
Puig M.
6-47-5
Tomljanovic A.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-47-62
Kleybanova A.
Duval V.
5-76-46-4
Nara K.
Kiick A.
6-46-0
Peng S.
Zvonareva V.
4-66-07-5
Fichman S.
Peer S.
4-66-36-4
Keys M.
Pironkova T.
6-26-1
Dellacqua C.
Mchale C.
7-646-4
Lepchenko V.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-26-2
Davis L.
Chan Y.
6-46-3
Rogers S.
Cetkovska P.
6-06-4
Shvedova Y.
Scheepers C.
4-66-46-3
Jovanovski B.
Riske Amritraj A.
3-66-36-3
Beck A.
Voegele S.
6-22-67-5
Watson H.
Bencic B.
7-56-4
Torro Flor M.
Voskoboeva G.
6-11-0
Soler Espinosa S.
Petrova N.
1-1
Meusburger Y.
Benesova I.
6-46-2
Wickmayer Y.
Schmiedlova A.
3-66-26-4
Mladenovic K.
Zhang S.
6-26-1
Vekic D.
Rogowska O.
6-07-5
Niculescu M.
Erakovic M.
6-26-2
Strycova B.
King V.
6-03-66-2