Monica Niculescu vs Veronica Cepede Royg — Olympics Round of 64

Olympics · WTA · Round of 64
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 August 2016
hard
PAR
Veronica Cepede Royg
34 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLLL
Niculescu M.
6-2 6-3
Cepede Royg V.
Niculescu M.
662
Cepede Royg V.
230

Monica Niculescu defeated Veronica Cepede Royg 6-2 6-3 in the Olympics round of 64 on hard.

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 Cepede Royg V.

Cepede Royg V.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.Cepede Royg V.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Even
51%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.7
1.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (192 vs 151). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Cepede Royg V.
Clutch Rating·Even
12
15
Break points saved·Slight edge
14
25
Break points won·Clear edge
84
64
Deciding sets·Slight edge
28
34
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
40
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Bronze
Kvitova P.[11]
Keys M.[7]
7-52-66-2
Final
Puig M.
Kerber A.[2]
6-44-66-1
Semi-finals
Puig M.
Kvitova P.[11]
6-41-66-3
Kerber A.[2]
Keys M.[7]
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Kvitova P.[11]
Svitolina E.[15]
6-26-0
Puig M.
Siegemund L.
6-16-1
Keys M.[7]
Kasatkina D.
6-36-1
Kerber A.[2]
Konta J.[10]
6-16-2
R16
Puig M.
Muguruza G.[3]
6-16-1
Siegemund L.
Flipkens K.
6-46-3
Keys M.[7]
Suarez Navarro C.[9]
6-33-66-3
Kasatkina D.
Errani S.
7-56-2
Konta J.[10]
Kuznetsova S.[8]
3-67-57-5
Kerber A.[2]
Stosur S.[13]
6-07-5
Svitolina E.[15]
Williams S.[1]
6-46-3
Kvitova P.[11]
Makarova K.
4-66-46-4
R32
Flipkens K.
Safarova L.
6-2
Errani S.
Strycova B.[16]
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.
Zheng S.
6-16-4
Stosur S.[13]
Doi M.
6-36-4
Kerber A.[2]
Bouchard E.
6-46-2
Svitolina E.[15]
Watson H.
6-31-66-3
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Niculescu M.
W/O
Williams S.[1]
Cornet A.
7-656-2
Makarova K.
Schmiedlova A.
3-66-46-2
Siegemund L.
Zhang S.
6-26-4
Keys M.[7]
Mladenovic K.
7-56-747-65
Kvitova P.[11]
Wozniacki C.
6-26-4
Puig M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
6-36-2
Suarez Navarro C.[9]
Konjuh A.
7-656-3
Konta J.[10]
Garcia C.
6-26-3
Muguruza G.[3]
Hibino N.
6-16-1
R64
Mladenovic K.
Krunic A.
6-16-4
Williams S.[1]
Saville D.
6-46-2
Svitolina E.[15]
Petkovic A.
2-66-16-3
Kvitova P.[11]
Babos T.
6-16-2
Makarova K.
Buyukakcay C.
3-66-07-66
Hibino N.
Begu I.
6-43-66-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
Linette M.
6-06-3
Zhang S.
Bacsinszky T.[12]
6-746-47-67
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Wang Q.
6-14-66-0
Garcia C.
Pereira T.
6-16-2
Konta J.[10]
Vogt S.
6-36-1
Siegemund L.
Pironkova T.
1-66-46-2
Safarova L.
Knapp K.
4-66-16-1
Flipkens K.
Williams V.[5]
4-66-37-65
Konjuh A.
Beck A.
7-656-1
Suarez Navarro C.[9]
Ivanovic A.
2-66-16-2
Strycova B.[16]
Wickmayer Y.
7-666-1
Zheng S.
Radwanska A.[4]
6-47-5
Stosur S.[13]
Ostapenko J.
1-66-36-2
Doi M.
Shvedova Y.
6-36-4
Kerber A.[2]
Duque Marino M.
6-37-5
Watson H.
Peng S.
6-46-756-3
Cornet A.
Larsson J.
6-12-66-3
Niculescu M.
Cepede Royg V.
6-26-3
Schmiedlova A.
Vinci R.[6]
7-56-4
Puig M.
Hercog P.
6-36-2
Keys M.[7]
Kovinic D.
6-36-3
Errani S.
Bertens K.
4-66-46-3
Kasatkina D.
Jabeur O.
3-67-646-1
Muguruza G.[3]
Mitu C.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Hradecka L.
6-26-2
Bouchard E.
Stephens S.
6-36-3