Monica Niculescu vs Johanna Konta — Beijing Round of 64

Beijing · WTA · Round of 64
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 October 2017
hard
GBR6
Johanna Konta
35 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWWWL
Niculescu M.
6-1 6-2
Konta J.
Niculescu M.
662
Konta J.
120

Monica Niculescu defeated Johanna Konta 6-1 6-2 in the Beijing round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Johanna Konta came in defending last year's final. Monica Niculescu extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-03-21MiamiR16hardJohanna Konta6-2 6-2
2015-06-08NottinghamQFgrassMonica Niculescu6-2 2-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Konta J.

Konta J.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Serve advantage — Konta J.

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.Konta J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
78%
64%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
56%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
62%
Return points won·Even
47%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
52%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.6
4.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.4
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (143 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Konta J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
66
Break points saved·Dominant
14
90
Break points won·Clear edge
84
67
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
84
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
40
48

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
15°COvercast
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 46%

Draw

Final
Garcia C.
Halep S.[2]
6-47-63
Semi-finals
Halep S.[2]
Ostapenko J.[9]
6-26-4
Garcia C.
Kvitova P.[12]
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Halep S.[2]
Kasatkina D.
6-26-1
Ostapenko J.[9]
Cirstea S.
6-46-4
Kvitova P.[12]
Strycova B.
6-36-4
Garcia C.
Svitolina E.[3]
6-757-57-66
R16
Halep S.[2]
Sharapova M.
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.
Radwanska A.[11]
4-67-56-2
Cirstea S.
Pliskova K.[4]
6-17-5
Ostapenko J.[9]
Peng S.
3-0
Svitolina E.[3]
Vesnina E.
6-27-5
Kvitova P.[12]
Wozniacki C.[5]
6-16-4
Garcia C.
Cornet A.
6-26-1
Strycova B.
Saville D.
6-06-4
R32
Svitolina E.[3]
Barty A.
6-46-2
Vesnina E.
Duan Y.
6-36-2
Radwanska A.[11]
Zhang S.
7-57-5
Pliskova K.[4]
Petkovic A.
6-46-4
Peng S.
Niculescu M.
6-36-2
Cornet A.
Kerber A.[10]
6-46-4
Wozniacki C.[5]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-2
Kvitova P.[12]
Lepchenko V.
6-46-4
Strycova B.
Goerges J.
6-46-2
Kasatkina D.
Arruabarrena L.
6-47-5
Halep S.[2]
Rybarikova M.
6-12-1
Saville D.
Vandeweghe C.[14]
6-32-0
Sharapova M.
Makarova K.
6-44-66-1
Cirstea S.
Mchale C.
7-646-0
Ostapenko J.[9]
Stosur S.
6-37-5
Garcia C.
Mertens E.
7-646-4
R64
Wozniacki C.[5]
Wang Q.
6-16-746-1
Niculescu M.
Konta J.[6]
6-16-2
Mertens E.
Cibulkova D.[8]
7-646-1
Cornet A.
Wang Y.
6-37-5
Duan Y.
Mladenovic K.[13]
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Davis L.
6-16-1
Lepchenko V.
Tsurenko L.
5-76-46-2
Svitolina E.[3]
Zhu L.
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[4]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-36-4
Makarova K.
Brady J.
6-36-3
Radwanska A.[11]
Witthoeft C.
7-56-3
Zhang S.
Putintseva Y.
6-46-4
Kasatkina D.
Vikhlyantseva N.
7-656-1
Arruabarrena L.
Kuznetsova S.[7]
6-727-56-1
Petkovic A.
Bertens K.
6-46-0
Mchale C.
Stephens S.[15]
6-36-0
Stosur S.
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Vesnina E.
Linette M.
6-00-0
Strycova B.
Muguruza G.[1]
6-12-0
Kvitova P.[12]
Pliskova K.
6-37-5
Kerber A.[10]
Osaka N.
6-27-5
Halep S.[2]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-33-66-2
Vandeweghe C.[14]
Vekic D.
6-26-2
Peng S.
Rogers S.
7-633-67-5
Rybarikova M.
Bouchard E.
6-46-3
Sharapova M.
Sevastova A.[16]
7-635-77-67
Saville D.
Kontaveit A.
7-57-5
Goerges J.
Brengle M.
6-46-3
Cirstea S.
Barthel M.
7-646-1