Monica Niculescu vs Mirjana Lucic — Eastbourne Round of 64

Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 64
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 June 2017
grass
CRO
Mirjana Lucic
44 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
Niculescu M.
6-4 5-7 7-5
Lucic M.
Niculescu M.
6572
Lucic M.
4751

Monica Niculescu defeated Mirjana Lucic 6-4 5-7 7-5 in the Eastbourne round of 64 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Mirjana Lucic came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Lucic M.

Lucic M.serving69% hold

wins 58% 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.Lucic M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
78%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
52%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.5
3.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
6.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (143 vs 42). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Lucic M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
12
28
Break points saved·Dominant
14
45
Break points won·Slight edge
84
79
Deciding sets·Clear edge
28
43
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
40
27

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
19°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 54%

Draw

Final
Pliskova K.[3]
Wozniacki C.[6]
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Pliskova K.[3]
Konta J.[5]
W/O
Wozniacki C.[6]
Watson H.
6-23-67-5
Quarter-finals
Watson H.
Strycova B.
6-11-66-4
Wozniacki C.[6]
Halep S.[2]
5-76-46-1
Pliskova K.[3]
Kuznetsova S.[7]
6-776-26-4
Konta J.[5]
Kerber A.[1]
6-36-4
R16
Konta J.[5]
Ostapenko J.[3]
7-53-66-4
Wozniacki C.[6]
Vesnina E.[12]
6-16-2
Strycova B.
Davis L.
7-56-2
Pliskova K.[3]
Peng S.
7-636-4
Watson H.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
6-46-3
Halep S.[2]
Pironkova T.
6-767-647-5
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Mladenovic K.[9]
6-42-66-3
Kerber A.[1]
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-1
R32
Ostapenko J.[3]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-30-66-4
Mladenovic K.[9]
Zhang S.
6-06-4
Halep S.[2]
Duan Y.
3-66-36-2
Pironkova T.
Niculescu M.
6-06-4
Vesnina E.[12]
Cepede Royg V.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.[6]
Osaka N.
6-27-65
Watson H.
Cibulkova D.[4]
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
Mertens E.
3-66-46-1
Strycova B.
Muguruza G.[11]
6-16-0
Davis L.
Radwanska A.[8]
7-616-1
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Barthel M.
4-67-56-2
Peng S.
Bacsinszky T.[15]
7-672-66-4
Pliskova K.[3]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-46-3
Konta J.[5]
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Saville D.[16]
2-66-26-3
Kerber A.[1]
Pliskova K.
4-66-17-5
R64
Niculescu M.
Lucic M.
6-45-77-5
Cepede Royg V.
Hsieh S.
4-66-36-3
Osaka N.
Ozaki R.
6-06-1
Watson H.
Tsurenko L.
6-34-66-4
Mertens E.
Babos T.
6-16-1
Strycova B.
Bouchard E.
6-33-66-2
Davis L.
Kucova K.
6-46-2
Zhang S.
Lepchenko V.
6-26-1
Peng S.
Schiavone F.
6-36-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Cornet A.
6-47-5
Cirstea S.
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Makarova K.
6-36-1
Pliskova K.
Broady N.
6-26-776-1
Duan Y.
Mchale C.
6-34-0
Barthel M.
Konjuh A.
6-41-0
Arruabarrena L.
Putintseva Y.
6-46-722-1