Monica Niculescu vs Donna Vekic — Cincinnati Qualifying Round 1

Cincinnati · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
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Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2014
hard
Donna Vekic
CRO
Donna Vekic
#35WTA
1807ELO
1736Hard ELO
$625kYTD
$11MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLWL
Niculescu M.
6-3 6-3
Vekic D.
Niculescu M.
662
Vekic D.
33–

Monica Niculescu defeated Donna Vekic 6-3 6-3 in the Cincinnati qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving51% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Vekic D.

Vekic D.serving51% hold

wins 50% 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

Serve & return on hard

Niculescu M.Vekic D.
—
Serve
6
—
Return
36

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Niculescu M.Vekic D.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
57%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
56%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.8
3.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
5.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Vekic D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
67
Break points saved·Dominant
14
86
Break points won·Slight edge
84
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
77
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
40
33

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

Freshness

Recent load
Niculescu M.Vekic D.
Freshness·
—
97

Vekic D.: 14 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Begu I.
Vesnina E.
6-44-0
Scheepers C.
Babos T.
6-06-4
Diyas Z.
Niculescu M.
6-26-2
Gibbs N.
Schiavone F.
6-34-66-2
Wickmayer Y.
Goerges J.
6-43-67-5
Watson H.
Peer S.
6-36-0
Lepchenko V.
Tatishvili A.
7-57-61
Townsend T.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-46-3
Beck A.
Barthel M.
6-26-3
Parmentier P.
Torro Flor M.
7-667-64
Knapp K.
Puig M.
2-66-37-65
Hercog P.
Glushko J.
6-36-1
Q1
Scheepers C.
Bacsinszky T.
7-56-2
Knapp K.
Radwanska U.
6-36-3
Puig M.
Paszek T.
6-46-4
Parmentier P.
Pliskova K.
7-651-67-64
Torro Flor M.
Bertens K.
6-46-1
Barthel M.
Putintseva Y.
6-46-2
Beck A.
Oudin M.
6-16-3
Townsend T.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-36-4
Soler Espinosa S.
Hlavackova A.
6-36-2
Lepchenko V.
Dulgheru A.
6-40-0
Tatishvili A.
Schmiedlova A.
6-16-2
Babos T.
Garcia C.
6-46-3
Glushko J.
Jovanovski B.
7-56-2
Hercog P.
Ormaechea P.
6-23-66-3
Schiavone F.
Mladenovic K.
6-46-2
Gibbs N.
Shvedova Y.
7-626-2
Niculescu M.
Vekic D.
6-36-3
Diyas Z.
Rogers S.
6-16-4
Begu I.
Date Krumm K.
1-66-26-4
Vesnina E.
Vickery S.
6-46-3
Peer S.
Erakovic M.
4-66-06-4
Watson H.
Pliskova K.
6-36-4
Wickmayer Y.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-757-646-2
Goerges J.
Tomljanovic A.
6-04-66-4