Flipkens v Niculescu
WTA Tour 2011
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Monica Niculescu takes it, 10–3 on categories
Niculescu wins on first serve in %. Flipkens’s case rests on break points saved %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2011: Flipkens 16 matches, Niculescu 40 matches.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 74.6 to Flipkens’s 57.5.
- Flipkens has the better break points saved %: 58.5 to Niculescu’s 46.3.
- Flipkens averages 2.2 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.5 — 4.1 times as many.
- Niculescu ranks 2nd of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Niculescu’s team won 60%, Flipkens’s team won 38% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Niculescu has 40 matches, Flipkens 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
- 57.5First serve in %74.6★ #2 of 85
- 63.4First-serve points won %55.3#83 of 85
- 58.5Break points saved %46.3#85 of 85
- 42.5Return points won %48.4#6 of 85
- 2.235 total · best 5Acesper game0.521 total · best 4#81 of 85
- 9.7155 total · best 13Games wonper game10.6424 total · best 20
Head to head
58 matches
since 20133
since 20133
- Hard · 8 matchesFlipkens 5Niculescu 3
Last meetings
- 19 Feb 2018 · Budapest · Round of 32 · HardFlipkens won 6-3 7-5
- 11 Feb 2017 · Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs BEL · Round robin · HardFlipkens won 6-3 6-4
- 9 Jan 2017 · Hobart · Round of 16 · HardNiculescu won 6-3 6-2
- 17 Oct 2016 · Luxembourg · Round of 32 · HardNiculescu won 6-4 6-2
- 6 Apr 2015 · Katowice · Round of 16 · HardFlipkens won 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4
- 9 Feb 2015 · Antwerp · Round of 32 · HardNiculescu won 6-3 6-2
- 4 Mar 2013 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardFlipkens won 4-6 6-4 6-3
- 7 Jan 2013 · Hobart · Quarterfinal · HardFlipkens won 2-6 6-4 6-0
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2011.
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