Katerina Siniakova vs Monica Niculescu — Doha Qualifying Round 1
Doha · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
#34WTA
1846ELO
1807Hard ELO
$1.7MYTD
$17MCAREER
30 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 1 March 2021
hard
Siniakova K.6-2 4-6 6-0
Niculescu M.
Siniakova K.
6462
Niculescu M.
2601
Katerina Siniakova defeated Monica Niculescu 6-2 4-6 6-0 in the Doha qualifying round 1 on hard.
Key context
- Match story: Katerina Siniakova handed Monica Niculescu a third-set bagel in a 6–2 4–6 6–0 win.
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Serve vs return
This seasonBaseline 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
Siniakova K.Niculescu M.
21
Serve
—
64
Return
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Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Clear edge
63%
75%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
46%
44%
Break points saved·Even
52%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.8
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.7
1.6
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 19). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Clutch
Under pressureClutch Rating·Dominant
62
12
Break points saved·Dominant
75
14
Break points won·Slight edge
94
84
Deciding sets·Clear edge
46
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
90
40
Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About
Freshness
Recent loadFreshness·
97
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Siniakova K.: 12 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About
Conditions
Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Draw — qualifying
Q3
Pegula J.
Doi M.
6-26-2
Siegemund L.
Tsurenko L.
7-646-4
Blinkova A.
Mattek Sands B.
6-26-3
Pliskova K.
Bucsa C.
6-26-2
Q2
Pegula J.
Potapova A.
6-26-737-66
Doi M.
Bjorklund M.
3-66-16-1
Siegemund L.
Ruse E.
6-26-2
Tsurenko L.
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Mattek Sands B.
Shvedova Y.
6-27-5
Blinkova A.
Shibahara E.
6-43-66-2
Bucsa C.
Krejcikova B.
6-37-5
Pliskova K.
Zhu L.
6-26-1
Q1
Pegula J.
Dabrowski G.
6-06-1
Potapova A.
Liang E.
6-26-4
Bjorklund M.
Hradecka L.
6-26-4
Doi M.
Gabueva A.
6-16-0
Siegemund L.
Klepac A.
6-46-0
Ruse E.
Ibbou I.
7-56-3
Tsurenko L.
Ce G.
6-16-1
Siniakova K.
Niculescu M.
6-24-66-0
Mattek Sands B.
Tig P.
6-36-2
Shvedova Y.
Amanmuradova A.
6-36-0
Shibahara E.
Al Naimi M.
6-06-1
Blinkova A.
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
6-37-63
Krejcikova B.
Trevisan M.
7-56-4
Bucsa C.
Caregaro M.
6-16-2
Zhu L.
Maleckova J.
7-55-76-4
Pliskova K.
Jurak D.
6-46-2