Flipkens v Niculescu
WTA Tour 2017
Lineball analyst8–5
Too close to call — 8–5 on categories
Flipkens wins on first-serve points won %. Niculescu’s case rests on first serve in %. WTA Tour 2017: Flipkens 37 matches, Niculescu 31 matches.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 82.2 to Flipkens’s 59.
- Flipkens has the better first-serve points won %: 63.3 to Niculescu’s 52.6.
- Flipkens averages 2.5 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.4 — 6.4 times as many.
- Niculescu ranks 1st of 97 in WTA Tour 2017 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Flipkens’s team won 46%, Niculescu’s team won 35% of the matches they played.
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.
- 59.0#76 of 97First serve in %82.2★ #1 of 97
- 63.3#48 of 97First-serve points won %52.6#96 of 97
- 50.5#87 of 97Break points saved %51.2#83 of 97
- 43.0#61 of 97Return points won %45.4#22 of 97
- 2.593 total · best 7#50 of 97Acesper game0.412 total · best 4#93 of 97
- 10.4
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 2017.
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