Monica Niculescu vs Lauren Davis — Washington Round of 16

Washington · WTA · Round of 16
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 3 August 2015
hard
USA
Lauren Davis
32 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLW
Niculescu M.
1-6 6-1 6-4
Davis L.
Niculescu M.
1662
Davis L.
6141

Monica Niculescu defeated Lauren Davis 1-6 6-1 6-4 in the Washington round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lauren Davis came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Davis L.

Davis L.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.Davis L.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Even
51%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.8
1.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.6
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Davis L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
51
Break points saved·Clear edge
14
26
Break points won·Slight edge
84
79
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
86
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
82

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
Weather
31°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 38%

Draw

Final
Stephens S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Makarova K.[1]
4-66-3
Stephens S.
Stosur S.[2]
7-646-0
Quarter-finals
Makarova K.[1]
Begu I.[6]
6-42-66-1
Stosur S.[2]
Niculescu M.
4-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Mchale C.
2-66-17-65
Stephens S.
Chirico L.
6-46-4
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Bencic B.[3]
6-26-4
Stephens S.
Kuznetsova S.[4]
W/O
Makarova K.[1]
Broady N.
6-47-62
Stosur S.[2]
Falconi I.
6-17-5
Begu I.[6]
Hercog P.
3-67-56-4
Mchale C.
Putintseva Y.
6-21-67-5
Chirico L.
Cornet A.[5]
7-54-67-64
Niculescu M.
Davis L.
1-66-16-4
R32
Cornet A.[5]
Mestach A.
6-36-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Rybarikova M.
7-627-63
Davis L.
Diyas Z.[8]
7-52-1
Stephens S.
Linette M.
6-26-1
Broady N.
Gajdosova J.
3-67-57-66
Kuznetsova S.[4]
Marand S.
6-26-4
Bencic B.[3]
Smitkova T.
7-56-4
Niculescu M.
Arruabarrena L.
7-56-4
Falconi I.
Townsend T.
6-746-16-3
Makarova K.[1]
Van Uytvanck A.
7-57-5
Hercog P.
Glushko J.
6-27-5
Begu I.[6]
Brengle M.
6-46-0
Putintseva Y.
Nara K.
4-66-47-64
Mchale C.
Vandeweghe C.[7]
6-24-66-4
Chirico L.
Watson H.
6-36-0
Stosur S.[2]
Mladenovic K.
6-26-2