Garbine Muguruza vs Monica Niculescu — Linz Round of 16

Linz · WTA · Round of 16
ESP1
Garbine Muguruza
32 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2016
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Muguruza G.
6-1 6-1
Niculescu M.
Muguruza G.
662
Niculescu M.
110

Garbine Muguruza defeated Monica Niculescu 6-1 6-1 in the Linz round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Garbine Muguruza claimed a first win over Monica Niculescu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-03-18MiamiR64hardMonica Niculescu7-6(0) 4-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Muguruza G.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Muguruza G.

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
Muguruza G.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
64%
76%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
51%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.4
0.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (196 vs 192). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Muguruza G.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
12
Break points saved·Dominant
90
14
Break points won·Even
88
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
67
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
69
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
Weather
9°COvercast
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 80%

Draw

Final
Cibulkova D.[2]
Golubic V.
6-37-5
Semi-finals
Golubic V.
Keys M.[3]
W/O
Cibulkova D.[2]
Suarez Navarro C.[4]
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Golubic V.
Muguruza G.[1]
5-76-34-4
Cibulkova D.[2]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[5]
7-636-4
Suarez Navarro C.[4]
Allertova D.
6-44-66-2
Keys M.[3]
Dodin O.
6-36-3
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.[5]
Flipkens K.
6-47-62
Allertova D.
Kontaveit A.
6-36-4
Golubic V.
Goerges J.
7-56-4
Muguruza G.[1]
Niculescu M.
6-16-1
Cibulkova D.[2]
Beck A.
6-16-3
Suarez Navarro C.[4]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-46-1
Dodin O.
Cirstea S.
6-26-4
Keys M.[3]
Doi M.
6-26-0
R32
Flipkens K.
Minella M.
6-40-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.[5]
Sevastova A.
6-46-1
Allertova D.
Kasatkina D.[7]
6-26-3
Muguruza G.[1]
Buyukakcay C.
6-46-4
Cibulkova D.[2]
Bencic B.
6-16-2
Beck A.
Pironkova T.
6-06-4
Kontaveit A.
Bouchard E.
7-656-4
Cirstea S.
Bertens K.[6]
6-46-2
Dodin O.
Pliskova K.
6-727-56-3
Doi M.
Larsson J.
7-53-66-1
Golubic V.
Siegemund L.[8]
6-46-2
Niculescu M.
Brengle M.
4-66-37-5
Suarez Navarro C.[4]
Barthel M.
6-46-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Ostapenko J.
7-636-4
Keys M.[3]
Giorgi C.
6-36-4
Goerges J.
Haas B.
6-46-4