Flipkens v Niculescu
WTA Tour 2016
Lineball analyst4–10
Monica Niculescu takes it, 10–4 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 2016: Flipkens 46 matches, Niculescu 46 matches.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 71.6 to Flipkens’s 61.2.
- Flipkens averages 2.2 aces a match to Niculescu’s 1.4 (56% more).
- Flipkens has the better break points saved %: 54.6 to Niculescu’s 46.3.
- Niculescu ranks 4th of 96 in WTA Tour 2016 for first serve in %.
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.
- –Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#27 of 38
- 61.2#56 of 96First serve in %71.6#4 of 96
- 62.7#57 of 96First-serve points won %56.8#91 of 96
- 54.6#49 of 96Break points saved %46.3#94 of 96
- 42.1#78 of 96Return points won %49.1★ #2 of 96
- 2.2100 total · best 7#53 of 96Acesper 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 2016.
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