Monica Niculescu vs Fangzhou Liu — Wuhan Qualifying Round 1

Wuhan · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2018
hard
CHN
Fangzhou Liu
#723WTA
30 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWW
Niculescu M.
6-2 6-3
Liu F.
Niculescu M.
662
Liu F.
23–

Monica Niculescu defeated Fangzhou Liu 6-2 6-3 in the Wuhan qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Monica Niculescu extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-09-28WuhanR64hardMonica Niculescu6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Liu F.

Liu F.serving49% hold

wins 50% 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.Liu F.
1st serve in·Clear edge
77%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
43%
Break points saved·Even
52%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.6
3.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.6
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (104 vs 63). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Liu F.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
12
41
Break points saved·Dominant
14
43
Break points won·Clear edge
84
67
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
68
Tiebreaks·
40
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). 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