Timea Babos vs Monica Niculescu — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · WTA · Round of 16
HUN
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 February 2016
hard
ROU9
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Babos T.
4-6 6-1 6-3
Niculescu M.
Babos T.
4662
Niculescu M.
6131

Timea Babos defeated Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-1 6-3 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Timea Babos narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-01-04ShenzhenR16hardTimea Babos6-1 6-4
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
Vinci R.[2]
Bencic B.[1]
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Vinci R.[2]
Ivanovic A.[4]
7-56-4
Bencic B.[1]
Kasatkina D.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Vinci R.[2]
Babos T.
7-634-67-64
Ivanovic A.[4]
Baindl K.
6-17-5
Kasatkina D.
Cibulkova D.
4-67-56-3
Bencic B.[1]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[5]
6-746-46-2
R16
Vinci R.[2]
Wickmayer Y.
6-27-62
Babos T.
Niculescu M.[9]
4-66-16-3
Ivanovic A.[4]
Gasparyan M.
7-56-2
Kasatkina D.
Siegemund L.
6-36-4
Cibulkova D.
Wozniacki C.[3]
6-47-5
Pavlyuchenkova A.[5]
Witthoeft C.
6-17-5
Bencic B.[1]
Beck A.
7-636-3
Baindl K.
Vesnina E.
2-66-36-2
R32
Babos T.
Siniakova K.
7-607-5
Niculescu M.[9]
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-06-3
Gasparyan M.
Jovanovski B.
6-16-2
Vesnina E.
Tig P.
3-66-36-1
Siegemund L.
Mladenovic K.[7]
1-67-56-1
Kasatkina D.
Flipkens K.
6-45-76-4
Cibulkova D.
Rodina E.
6-36-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.[5]
Koukalova K.
6-44-66-4
Witthoeft C.
Paszek T.
6-36-3
Beck A.
Hradecka L.
4-66-47-5
Wickmayer Y.
Ostapenko J.
6-46-3
Baindl K.
Strycova B.
6-36-4