Monica Niculescu vs Maria Sharapova — Doha Round of 64

Doha · WTA · Round of 64
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2018
hard
RUS
Maria Sharapova
39 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWL
Niculescu M.
4-6 6-4 6-3
Sharapova M.
Niculescu M.
4662
Sharapova M.
6431

Monica Niculescu defeated Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the Doha round of 64 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sharapova M.

Sharapova M.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Sharapova M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
77%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
52%
54%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.6
4.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (104 vs 47). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Sharapova M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
87
Break points saved·Dominant
14
89
Break points won·Slight edge
84
94
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
97
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
73

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
26°COvercast
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 27%

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[16]
Muguruza G.[4]
3-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.[16]
Wozniacki C.[1]
3-67-637-5
Muguruza G.[4]
Halep S.[2]
W/O
Quarter-finals
Halep S.[2]
Bellis C.
6-06-4
Muguruza G.[4]
Garcia C.[7]
3-66-16-4
Kvitova P.[16]
Goerges J.[9]
6-42-1
Wozniacki C.[1]
Kerber A.[8]
7-641-66-3
R16
Muguruza G.[4]
Cirstea S.
6-06-4
Garcia C.[7]
Blinkova A.
7-637-5
Goerges J.[9]
Buzarnescu M.
6-26-2
Kvitova P.[16]
Svitolina E.[3]
6-47-5
Wozniacki C.[1]
Niculescu M.
7-56-1
Bellis C.
Pliskova K.[5]
7-646-3
Halep S.[2]
Sevastova A.[13]
6-46-3
Kerber A.[8]
Konta J.[10]
1-66-16-3
R32
Bellis C.
Keys M.[12]
2-66-36-0
Pliskova K.[5]
Cornet A.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Mertens E.[15]
7-56-4
Blinkova A.
Mladenovic K.[11]
6-36-3
Buzarnescu M.
Ostapenko J.[6]
6-16-3
Goerges J.[9]
Strycova B.
6-23-66-1
Kvitova P.[16]
Radwanska A.
6-736-36-4
Svitolina E.[3]
Vondrousova M.
6-26-4
Kerber A.[8]
Stosur S.
6-46-1
Niculescu M.
Rybarikova M.[14]
6-766-23-0
Halep S.[2]
Makarova K.
6-36-0
Garcia C.[7]
Cibulkova D.
6-36-736-0
Konta J.[10]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-26-2
Muguruza G.[4]
Duan Y.
6-36-4
Wozniacki C.[1]
Witthoeft C.
6-26-0
Sevastova A.[13]
Osaka N.
6-46-1
R64
Bellis C.
Kasatkina D.
7-54-1
Duan Y.
Jabeur O.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Sakkari M.
6-26-3
Mladenovic K.[11]
Peng S.
6-26-4
Blinkova A.
Vesnina E.
6-16-3
Cibulkova D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-686-4
Buzarnescu M.
Tsurenko L.
7-56-4
Strycova B.
Krunic A.
6-46-4
Goerges J.[9]
Safarova L.
6-17-5
Radwanska A.
Barthel M.
3-66-37-5
Niculescu M.
Sharapova M.
4-66-46-3
Witthoeft C.
Maria T.
6-36-0
Cornet A.
Kontaveit A.
6-26-1
Vondrousova M.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-1
Osaka N.
Siniakova K.
6-46-0
Sevastova A.[13]
Vekic D.
6-36-4
Keys M.[12]
Wang Q.
6-16-4
Kvitova P.[16]
Buyukakcay C.
6-06-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Bondarenko K.
3-66-36-3
Rybarikova M.[14]
Al Nabhani F.
6-36-1
Makarova K.
Zhang S.
7-56-0
Mertens E.[15]
Babos T.
2-66-16-1
Stosur S.
Begu I.
6-46-2
Konta J.[10]
Pera B.
7-656-1