Timea Babos vs Monica Niculescu | Timea Babos Wins 4-6 6-1 6-3

UMPIRY

St. PetersburgR16HardThu 11 FebFinal

Timea BabosHUN

Monica NiculescuROU

SetsGames2

466

613

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. That levelled the head-to-head at 2–2.

Key context

Match story: Timea Babos dropped the opening set before beating Monica Niculescu 4–6 6–1 6–3.

How the match was decided

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Babos T. came through in three sets.

Match statistics

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Common opponents

10 shared · last 12 months

Babos T. and Niculescu M. faced 10 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Babos T. went 7–5 (58%) against them, Niculescu M. 2–10 (17%). Babos T. came out better against 4 of 9 comparable opponents, Niculescu M. against 0 — though 1 of those edges carries caveats (lower-tier event).

7–558%Babos T. · better vs 4Record vs common opponents2–1017%Niculescu M. · better vs 0

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

15–15Sets9–21

153–153Games128–165

2–3Tiebreaks2–3

5–1Deciding sets1–5

vs Pliskova K.#51L4-6 5-7Cincinnati · hardL4-6 6-4 3-6CZE vs ROU · hard
vs Sasnovich A.#121W7-6(2) 6-4Cincinnati · hardL6-3 6-7(7) 6-7(9)Cincinnati · hard
vs Watson H.#394W6-7 7-5 7-5Australian Open · hardL7-6 2-6 6-7Hobart · hard

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vs Williams S.L4-6 1-6Wimbledon · grassL3-6 1-6Miami · hard
vs Strycova B.L6-7 2-6Wuhan · hardL2-6 6-3 2-6Birmingham · grass
vs Pennetta F.W6-2 5-7 7-5Marrakech · clayL1-6 4-6US Open · hard
vs Suarez Navarro C.L2-6 6-3 4-6Birmingham · grassL2-6 2-6Roland Garros · clay
vs Stosur S.L3-6 4-6US Open · hardL3-6 2-6Beijing · hard
vs Panova A.W6-4 6-4Dubai · hardW7-6 5-7 6-3US Open · hard
vs Pereira T.Hard to compareW6-0 6-7 6-4Marrakech · clayW6-2 6-1Australian Open · hard

Head-to-head

4 meetings · level 2–2

Babos T.February 2016St. PetersburgThis matchHard4-6 6-1 6-3
Babos T.January 2016ShenzhenHard6-1 6-4
Niculescu M.April 2013MonterreyHard7-5 6-2
Niculescu M.February 2013FlorianopolisHard6-3 6-2

Draw

Closing odds

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Player context

Before the match

Babos T.Niculescu M.1 650ELO1 7761 605Hard ELO1 6523–7Last 106–422Age28179 cmHeight168 cmRightPlaysRight

Cite this

Timea Babos beat Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-1 6-3. Umpiry, "Timea Babos vs Monica Niculescu — St. Petersburg Round of 16", https://umpiry.com/match/2016-02-11/babos-vs-niculescu-st-petersburg-r16?utm_source=cite (as of 11 February 2016).