Monica Niculescu vs Elizaveta Kulichkova — Beijing Qualifying Round 1

Beijing · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 October 2016
hard
RUS
Elizaveta Kulichkova
30 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
Niculescu M.
6-4 6-1
Kulichkova E.
Niculescu M.
662
Kulichkova E.
41–

Monica Niculescu defeated Elizaveta Kulichkova 6-4 6-1 in the Beijing qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elizaveta Kulichkova came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Monica Niculescu claimed a first win over Elizaveta Kulichkova in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-01-18Australian OpenR64hardElizaveta Kulichkova6-4 2-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Kulichkova E.

Kulichkova E.serving42% hold

wins 47% 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.Kulichkova E.
1st serve in·Clear edge
76%
54%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Even
51%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.8
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
6.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (192 vs 36). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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