Monica Niculescu vs Misaki Doi — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2014
hard
JPN
Misaki Doi
35 yrs · 159 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLWLLWLLW
Niculescu M.
6-2 6-1
Doi M.
Niculescu M.
662
Doi M.
210

Monica Niculescu defeated Misaki Doi 6-2 6-1 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Misaki Doi came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Monica Niculescu claimed a first win over Misaki Doi in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-07-14IstanbulR32clayMisaki Doi5-3 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Doi M.

Doi M.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.Doi M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
45%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Break points saved·Even
51%
54%
Aces / match·Even
0.8
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (195 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Doi M.
Clutch Rating·Even
12
8
Break points saved·Clear edge
14
33
Break points won·Dominant
84
44
Deciding sets·Even
28
24
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
40
56

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