Anna Blinkova vs Monica Niculescu — Indian Wells Qualifying Round 1

Indian Wells · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Anna Blinkova
RUS
Anna Blinkova
#102WTA
1694ELO
1654Hard ELO
27 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 March 2019
hard
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Blinkova A.
7-5 6-4
Niculescu M.
Blinkova A.
762
Niculescu M.
54–

Anna Blinkova defeated Monica Niculescu 7-5 6-4 in the Indian Wells qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Anna Blinkova came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Anna Blinkova extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-01-16Australian OpenR128hardAnna Blinkova6-2 4-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Blinkova A.serving44% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Niculescu M.

Niculescu M.serving47% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Blinkova A.

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

Blinkova A.Niculescu M.
0
Serve
—
47
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Blinkova A.Niculescu M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
60%
76%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Even
53%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.1
0.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.2
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 59). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blinkova A.Niculescu M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
66
12
Break points saved·Dominant
58
14
Break points won·Slight edge
94
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
68
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
94
40

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

Freshness

Recent load
Blinkova A.Niculescu M.
Freshness·
75
—

Blinkova A.: 4 days rest · 2 matches, 46 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Mchale C.
Zvonareva V.
6-02-0
Vikhlyantseva N.
Jakupovic D.
7-626-1
Golubic V.
Boulter K.
6-46-3
Bonaventure Y.
Swiatek I.
1-66-26-4
Hon P.
Kudermetova V.
6-46-2
Baindl K.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-17-66
Doi M.
Wickmayer Y.
7-627-5
Hibino N.
Cirstea S.
4-66-16-0
Diyas Z.
Gibbs N.
7-647-5
Zhu L.
Blinkova A.
4-66-47-5
Mcnally C.
Bacsinszky T.
4-66-06-4
Voegele S.
Errani S.
6-27-64
Q1
Hon P.
Potapova A.
6-736-46-0
Kudermetova V.
Badosa P.
6-36-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Glushko J.
6-26-4
Voegele S.
Dolehide C.
6-23-66-3
Errani S.
Watson H.
6-26-736-4
Zvonareva V.
Khromacheva I.
6-26-3
Mchale C.
Stollar F.
6-03-67-5
Jakupovic D.
Rus A.
6-36-4
Vikhlyantseva N.
Kruger Z.
6-06-0
Boulter K.
Kiick A.
7-55-76-2
Golubic V.
Bouzkova M.
7-656-2
Swiatek I.
Arruabarrena L.
6-16-766-2
Bonaventure Y.
Danilovic O.
6-786-46-4
Mcnally C.
Pliskova K.
2-67-667-5
Bacsinszky T.
Perrin C.
5-76-06-1
Zhu L.
Wang X.
3-66-26-3
Blinkova A.
Niculescu M.
7-56-4
Diyas Z.
Lepchenko V.
6-47-5
Gibbs N.
Ferro F.
6-26-1
Cirstea S.
Lao D.
6-36-4
Hibino N.
Liu C.
6-36-3
Wickmayer Y.
Minella M.
6-26-3
Doi M.
Di Lorenzo F.
6-36-4
Baindl K.
Kratzer A.
6-46-1