Monica Niculescu vs Carolina Alves — Rabat Qualifying Round 1

Rabat · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
ROU
Monica Niculescu
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 April 2019
clay
BRA
Carolina Alves
#348WTA
1280ELO
1265Clay ELO
30 yrs · 170 cm
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
Niculescu M.
6-3 6-3
Alves C.
Niculescu M.
662
Alves C.
33–

Monica Niculescu defeated Carolina Alves 6-3 6-3 in the Rabat qualifying round 1 on clay.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niculescu M.serving35% hold

wins 44% of points on serve vs Alves C.

Alves C.serving37% hold

wins 45% 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.Alves C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
76%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
46%
47%
Break points saved·Even
52%
52%
Aces / match·Even
0.7
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.5
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (59 vs 143). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Niculescu M.Alves C.
Clutch Rating·Even
12
11
Break points saved·Slight edge
14
9
Break points won·Clear edge
84
72
Deciding sets·Clear edge
28
40
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
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q3
Lepchenko V.
Ozgen P.
6-36-4
Ferro F.
Minnen G.
7-630-66-3
Danilovic O.
Niculescu M.
4-4
Bonaventure Y.
Bara I.
6-16-2
Q2
Ferro F.
Errani S.
1-66-36-4
Minnen G.
Tan H.
6-27-62
Lepchenko V.
Udvardy P.
6-26-0
Danilovic O.
Danilina A.
7-56-3
Bara I.
Trevisan M.
3-66-46-3
Bonaventure Y.
Frech M.
6-26-736-1
Niculescu M.
Schoofs B.
6-06-4
Q1
Minnen G.
Garcia Perez G.
6-47-61
Errani S.
Codino F.
6-16-2
Schoofs B.
Lisicki S.
6-31-66-1
Niculescu M.
Alves C.
6-36-3
Bonaventure Y.
Voskoboeva G.
6-46-1
Frech M.
Pigossi L.
6-16-0
Danilina A.
Hives Z.
7-626-4
Trevisan M.
Nahimana S.
6-27-5
Ferro F.
Rodionova A.
6-44-67-5
Bara I.
Mrdeza T.
6-44-65-5
Danilovic O.
Qostal L.
6-16-2
Lepchenko V.
Samsonova L.
6-47-61
Udvardy P.
Atik R.
6-06-1
Ozgen P.
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
2-67-646-4
Tan H.
Dart H.
6-27-63