Timea Babos vs Monica Niculescu — Shenzhen Round of 16

Shenzhen · WTA · Round of 16
HUN
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 January 2016
hard
ROU4
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Babos T.
6-1 6-4
Niculescu M.
Babos T.
662
Niculescu M.
140

Timea Babos defeated Monica Niculescu 6-1 6-4 in the Shenzhen round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 32. Timea Babos narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-02-08St. PetersburgR16hardTimea Babos4-6 6-1 6-3
2013-04-01MonterreyQFhardMonica Niculescu7-5 6-2
2013-02-25FlorianopolisQFhardMonica Niculescu6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Babos T.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Babos T.

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
Babos T.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
61%
76%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
51%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.2
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.0
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 192). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Babos T.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
0
12
Break points saved·Dominant
51
14
Break points won·Dominant
48
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
6
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
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
Radwanska A.[1]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Riske Amritraj A.
Babos T.
6-26-4
Radwanska A.[1]
Friedsam A.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Riske Amritraj A.
Kontaveit A.
6-13-66-3
Babos T.
Bouchard E.[6]
6-46-4
Friedsam A.
Siniakova K.
6-42-66-1
Radwanska A.[1]
Wang Q.
6-36-2
R16
Riske Amritraj A.
Hsieh S.
3-67-56-1
Babos T.
Niculescu M.[4]
6-16-4
Bouchard E.[6]
Gibbs N.
6-46-2
Siniakova K.
Diyas Z.[7]
6-06-4
Wang Q.
King V.
7-636-3
Radwanska A.[1]
Zhang S.
6-17-5
Friedsam A.
Begu I.[3]
7-53-2
Kontaveit A.
Zheng S.
6-16-2
R32
Kontaveit A.
Shvedova Y.
6-47-65
Hsieh S.
Duan Y.
6-47-5
Riske Amritraj A.
Beck A.[8]
6-736-36-2
Niculescu M.[4]
Sevastova A.
1-66-46-3
Babos T.
Rodina E.
6-36-2
Gibbs N.
Smitkova T.
6-06-2
Bouchard E.[6]
Vekic D.
6-41-67-5
Diyas Z.[7]
Zhang K.
6-47-63
Siniakova K.
Mitu C.
6-36-3
Friedsam A.
Jovanovski B.
6-06-3
Begu I.[3]
Arruabarrena L.
6-36-2
Wang Q.
Konta J.[5]
6-33-66-3
King V.
Voegele S.
7-56-4
Zheng S.
Kvitova P.[2]
6-20-0
Radwanska A.[1]
Krunic A.
6-46-3
Zhang S.
Khromacheva I.
6-36-3