Monica Niculescu vs Alize Cornet — Guangzhou Final

Guangzhou · WTA · Final
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2014
hard
FRA2
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
Niculescu M.
6-4 6-0
Cornet A.
Niculescu M.
662
Cornet A.
400

Monica Niculescu defeated Alize Cornet 6-4 6-0 in the Guangzhou final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Alize Cornet came in defending last year's quarter-final. Monica Niculescu extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-01-20Australian OpenR128hardAlize Cornet5-7 6-1 6-0
2012-01-16Australian OpenR128hardMonica Niculescu5-7 6-0 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Cornet A.

Cornet A.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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.Cornet A.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.8
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
4.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Cornet A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
53
Break points saved·Dominant
14
57
Break points won·Even
84
83
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
74
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
40
47

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Niculescu M.
Cornet A.[2]
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Niculescu M.
Wang Y.
6-06-2
Cornet A.[2]
Bacsinszky T.
6-17-65
Quarter-finals
Wang Y.
Zhang K.
3-66-26-2
Niculescu M.
Puig M.
6-26-2
Bacsinszky T.
Torro Flor M.
6-26-3
Cornet A.[2]
Hsieh S.
7-656-1
R16
Wang Y.
Martic P.
7-656-3
Zhang K.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-27-5
Niculescu M.
Doi M.
6-26-1
Puig M.
Zhang L.
6-46-4
Torro Flor M.
Xu Y.
6-757-56-2
Bacsinszky T.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-26-2
Hsieh S.
Zhu L.
6-46-2
Cornet A.[2]
Peer S.
3-67-56-1
R32
Wang Y.
Stosur S.[1]
2-66-26-2
Martic P.
Cirstea S.
7-636-1
Riske Amritraj A.
Larsson J.
6-47-65
Zhang K.
Cepelova J.[7]
6-16-4
Niculescu M.
Jovanovski B.[4]
6-26-2
Doi M.
Piter K.
5-76-46-3
Puig M.
Knapp K.
6-14-66-2
Zhang L.
Diyas Z.[5]
6-46-1
Torro Flor M.
Beck A.[8]
6-47-65
Bacsinszky T.
Linette M.
6-24-66-4
Soler Espinosa S.
Stephens S.[3]
6-34-66-4
Zhu L.
Vinci R.[6]
6-37-67
Hsieh S.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-622-66-4
Peer S.
Parmentier P.
7-686-3
Cornet A.[2]
Putintseva Y.
6-16-1
Xu Y.
Mayr Achleitner P.
6-26-3