Sofia Kenin vs Monica Niculescu — Wuhan Qualifying Round 2

Wuhan · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
Sofia Kenin
USA
Sofia Kenin
#106WTA
1694ELO
1659Hard ELO
27 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2018
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Kenin S.
7-6 4-6 6-2
Niculescu M.
Kenin S.
77462
Niculescu M.
65621

Sofia Kenin defeated Monica Niculescu 7-6 4-6 6-2 in the Wuhan qualifying round 2 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Sofia Kenin closed it out in three sets, 7–6 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kenin S.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving56% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Kenin S.

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

Kenin S.Niculescu M.
13
Serve
—
0
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Kenin S.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
77%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
48%
Break points saved·Even
56%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.7
0.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
1.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Kenin S.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
66
12
Break points saved·Dominant
92
14
Break points won·Even
85
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
54
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
73
40

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

Freshness

Recent load
Kenin S.Niculescu M.
Freshness·
93
—

Kenin S.: 11 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Kenin S.
Niculescu M.
7-654-66-2
Wang X.
King V.
6-10-0
Golubic V.
Gibbs N.
6-46-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Zaja A.
6-36-4
Peterson R.
Duan Y.
4-66-36-3
Puig M.
Hercog P.
6-46-4
Siniakova K.
Vondrousova M.
6-16-1
Wang Y.
Cabrera L.
7-627-63
Q1
Zaja A.
Xun F.
6-36-2
Cabrera L.
Makarova K.
6-14-66-3
Wang Y.
Anisimova A.
6-43-66-2
Siniakova K.
Teichmann J.
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.
Dolehide C.
3-66-16-1
Puig M.
Liu C.
6-37-65
Hercog P.
Mchale C.
7-626-1
Gibbs N.
Cirstea S.
6-47-5
Golubic V.
Lisicki S.
6-36-746-1
Peterson R.
Han X.
6-36-1
Duan Y.
Bogdan A.
2-66-36-2
Wang X.
Hruncakova V.
7-656-2
King V.
Arruabarrena L.
6-16-0
Sorribes Tormo S.
Linette M.
4-66-26-3
Kenin S.
Yang Z.
6-16-2
Niculescu M.
Liu F.
6-26-3