Monica Niculescu vs Ann Li — Indian Wells Qualifying Round 1

Indian Wells · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 March 2018
hard
Ann Li
USA
Ann Li
#31WTA
1807ELO
1746Hard ELO
$718kYTD
$3.8MCAREER
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLWLWW
Niculescu M.
6-3 6-0
Li A.
Niculescu M.
662
Li A.
30–

Monica Niculescu defeated Ann Li 6-3 6-0 in the Indian Wells qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Li A.

Li A.serving51% hold

wins 51% 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

Serve & return on hard

Niculescu M.Li A.
—
Serve
47
—
Return
49

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Niculescu M.Li A.
1st serve in·Clear edge
77%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
52%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.6
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.6
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (104 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Li A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
76
Break points saved·Dominant
14
83
Break points won·Even
84
87
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
87
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
67

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

Freshness

Recent load
Niculescu M.Li A.
Freshness·
—
100

Li A.: 15 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Duan Y.
Cepelova J.
6-16-3
Vickery S.
Kratzer A.
7-56-1
Hsieh S.
Krejcikova B.
7-56-1
Niculescu M.
Vinci R.
6-06-4
Nara K.
Larsson J.
6-47-63
Brengle M.
Hogenkamp R.
6-36-1
Arruabarrena L.
Ahn K.
7-56-3
Kenin S.
Lapko V.
6-43-66-1
Wickmayer Y.
Teichmann J.
6-46-1
Zvonareva V.
Pera B.
5-76-36-4
Townsend T.
Petkovic A.
6-36-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-2
Q1
Ahn K.
Zhao C.
4-67-626-2
Kenin S.
Lisicki S.
7-56-2
Wickmayer Y.
Golubic V.
6-37-5
Teichmann J.
Schiavone F.
5-77-56-1
Zvonareva V.
Duval V.
6-26-1
Petkovic A.
Gibbs N.
1-66-26-0
Nara K.
Wang Y.
6-46-2
Kratzer A.
Baindl K.
6-46-1
Lapko V.
Bondarenko K.
6-06-3
Arruabarrena L.
Jabeur O.
6-22-66-4
Tomljanovic A.
Duque Marino M.
6-36-0
Hogenkamp R.
Abanda F.
6-36-3
Brengle M.
Rus A.
6-36-3
Niculescu M.
Li A.
6-36-0
Vickery S.
Peterson R.
6-34-0
Sorribes Tormo S.
Kiick A.
6-24-66-4
Hsieh S.
Ozaki R.
6-46-3
Krejcikova B.
Riske Amritraj A.
7-56-4
Pera B.
Fett J.
6-36-4
Larsson J.
Rodionova A.
6-36-3
Duan Y.
Kucova K.
6-46-3
Vinci R.
Rodina E.
7-56-3
Cepelova J.
Chirico L.
6-06-3
Townsend T.
Broady N.
6-27-64