Flipkens v Niculescu
WTA Tour 2013
Lineball analyst6–7
Too close to call — 6–7 on categories
Flipkens wins on first-serve points won %. Niculescu’s case rests on first serve in %. WTA Tour 2013: Flipkens 58 matches, Niculescu 43 matches.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 74.5 to Flipkens’s 55.
- Flipkens averages 3.5 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.7 — 5.3 times as many.
- Niculescu averages 1.3 double faults a match to Flipkens’ 3.1.
- Niculescu ranks 2nd of 87 in WTA Tour 2013 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Flipkens’s team won 57%, Niculescu’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
- –Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#17 of 31
- 55.0#84 of 87First serve in %74.5★ #2 of 87
- 67.1#13 of 87First-serve points won %57.9#77 of 87
- 50.6#71 of 87Break points saved %49.3#75 of 87
- 42.8#65 of 87Return points won %48.6#6 of 87
- 3.5201 total · best 10#11 of 87Acesper game
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
Titles, oldest to newest in 2013.
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