Louisa Chirico vs Monica Niculescu — Beijing Qualifying Round 2

Beijing · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
Louisa Chirico
USA
Louisa Chirico
#382WTA
1476ELO
1411Hard ELO
30 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 3 October 2016
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Chirico L.
2-6 6-2 6-3
Niculescu M.
Chirico L.
2662
Niculescu M.
6231

Louisa Chirico defeated Monica Niculescu 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the Beijing qualifying round 2 on hard. The result followed the form book — Louisa Chirico came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Louisa Chirico extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-05-02MadridR64clayLouisa Chirico7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Chirico L.serving39% hold

wins 46% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving51% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Chirico L.

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
Chirico L.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
59%
76%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Break points saved·Even
53%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.1
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.7
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 192). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Chirico L.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
28
12
Break points saved·Dominant
46
14
Break points won·Slight edge
74
84
Deciding sets·Slight edge
19
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
83
40

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Goerges J.
Rodina E.
6-46-2
Gibbs N.
Han X.
6-26-4
Siniakova K.
Lepchenko V.
2-67-627-64
Chirico L.
Niculescu M.
2-66-26-3
Maria T.
Hradecka L.
6-46-3
Wang Y.
Sakkari M.
6-44-66-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Nara K.
7-616-4
Arruabarrena L.
King V.
7-55-76-3
Q1
Maria T.
Osaka N.
6-26-1
Gibbs N.
Linette M.
6-16-2
Han X.
Bondarenko K.
2-67-656-4
Rodina E.
Crawford S.
6-47-5
Goerges J.
Xu S.
6-16-1
King V.
Ma S.
6-16-1
Arruabarrena L.
Zhang K.
6-27-60
Nara K.
Krunic A.
4-67-56-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Yang Z.
6-26-4
Lepchenko V.
Sasnovich A.
6-13-66-3
Siniakova K.
Cepelova J.
3-0
Sakkari M.
Parmentier P.
6-44-66-3
Wang Y.
Konjuh A.
4-66-46-0
Chirico L.
Zhu L.
6-34-66-3
Hradecka L.
Watson H.
6-46-4
Niculescu M.
Kulichkova E.
6-46-1