Monica Niculescu vs Kai Lin Zhang — Shenzhen Round of 32

Shenzhen · WTA · Round of 32
ROU7
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2017
hard
CHN
Kai Lin Zhang
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
Niculescu M.
5-7 6-1 6-3
Zhang K.
Niculescu M.
5662
Zhang K.
7131

Monica Niculescu defeated Kai Lin Zhang 5-7 6-1 6-3 in the Shenzhen round of 32 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Zhang K.

Zhang K.serving55% hold

wins 52% 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.Zhang K.
1st serve in·Clear edge
78%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
42%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
47%
46%
Break points saved·Even
52%
52%
Aces / match·Even
0.6
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
5.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (143 vs 40). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Siniakova K.
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Siniakova K.
Konta J.[3]
1-66-46-4
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
Giorgi C.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Konta J.[3]
Pliskova K.
6-46-7116-3
Giorgi C.
Wang Q.
6-06-2
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
Radwanska A.[1]
6-23-66-0
Siniakova K.
Stojanovic N.
6-36-4
R16
Siniakova K.
Halep S.[2]
6-34-67-5
Stojanovic N.
Jabeur O.
4-66-36-3
Konta J.[3]
King V.
1-66-36-2
Pliskova K.
Chang K.
6-16-2
Wang Q.
Niculescu M.[7]
7-616-4
Giorgi C.
Zheng S.
6-757-56-4
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
Pironkova T.
6-16-1
Radwanska A.[1]
Cirstea S.
6-06-3
R32
Halep S.[2]
Jankovic J.
6-13-66-3
Siniakova K.
Peng S.
6-37-5
Jabeur O.
Voegele S.
6-06-2
Stojanovic N.
Babos T.[5]
1-67-56-2
Konta J.[3]
Buyukakcay C.
6-26-0
King V.
Sakkari M.
2-66-16-2
Chang K.
Golubic V.
7-646-1
Pliskova K.
Sevastova A.[6]
1-66-37-66
Niculescu M.[7]
Zhang K.
5-76-16-3
Wang Q.
Rodina E.
6-26-3
Zheng S.
Liu F.
6-766-06-3
Giorgi C.
Bogdan A.
1-67-656-3
Cirstea S.
Kucova K.
6-34-66-4
Radwanska A.[1]
Duan Y.
6-26-747-5
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
Zhu L.
7-657-65
Pironkova T.
Voskoboeva G.
6-45-76-3