Carla Suarez Navarro vs Monica Niculescu — Antwerp Round of 16

Antwerp · WTA · Round of 16
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Carla Suarez Navarro
37 yrs · 162 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 February 2015
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Suarez Navarro C.
4-6 6-0 6-2
Niculescu M.
Suarez Navarro C.
4662
Niculescu M.
6021

Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-0 6-2 in the Antwerp round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Carla Suarez Navarro came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Carla Suarez Navarro extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-09-28WuhanR32hardCarla Suarez Navarro5-7 6-3 6-4
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR128clayCarla Suarez Navarro6-2 6-2
2014-02-24FlorianopolisQFhardCarla Suarez Navarro4-6 6-0 4-1 RET
2013-01-28ParisR32carpetCarla Suarez Navarro6-3 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Suarez Navarro C.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Suarez Navarro C.

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
Suarez Navarro C.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
76%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Even
55%
51%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
0.8
Double faults / match·Even
1.6
1.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Suarez Navarro C.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
59
12
Break points saved·Dominant
57
14
Break points won·Even
85
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
67
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
83
40

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Petkovic A.[3]
Suarez Navarro C.[5]
W/O
Semi-finals
Petkovic A.[3]
Strycova B.
7-627-66
Suarez Navarro C.[5]
Pliskova K.[8]
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Strycova B.
Barthel M.
6-26-2
Suarez Navarro C.[5]
Schiavone F.
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[8]
Safarova L.[4]
7-656-3
Petkovic A.[3]
Cibulkova D.[6]
7-626-0
R16
Barthel M.
Bouchard E.[1]
4-66-16-2
Pliskova K.[8]
Beck A.
6-36-3
Suarez Navarro C.[5]
Niculescu M.
4-66-06-2
Cibulkova D.[6]
De Vroome I.
6-33-66-2
Petkovic A.[3]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-777-656-2
Schiavone F.
Kerber A.[2]
6-16-1
Safarova L.[4]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-1
Strycova B.
Cornet A.[7]
6-46-2
R32
Mladenovic K.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-21-0
Strycova B.
Wickmayer Y.
6-26-2
Barthel M.
Liebens K.
6-26-0
Van Uytvanck A.
Rybarikova M.
6-26-3
Cibulkova D.[6]
Bondarenko K.
6-16-2
Beck A.
Knapp K.
6-36-1
Suarez Navarro C.[5]
Giorgi C.
1-66-26-4
Schiavone F.
Koukalova K.
6-36-1
Niculescu M.
Flipkens K.
6-36-2
Cornet A.[7]
Bencic B.
1-66-27-5
De Vroome I.
Pironkova T.
5-76-36-3
Pliskova K.[8]
Lucic M.
6-47-65