Niculescu v Stosur
WTA Tour 2012
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Samantha Stosur takes it, 9–4 on categories
Stosur wins on first-serve points won %. Niculescu’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Niculescu 38 matches, Stosur 68 matches.
- Stosur has the better first-serve points won %: 67.1 to Niculescu’s 57.4.
- Stosur averages 3.3 aces a match to Niculescu’s 1.1 — 3 times as many.
- Niculescu averages 1.0 double faults a match to Stosur’s 2.8.
- Stosur ranks 7th of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for break points saved %.
- Niculescu ranks 10th of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Stosur’s team won 65%, Niculescu’s team won 39% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Stosur has 68 matches, Niculescu 38 — 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.
- 66.9#10 of 84First serve in %65.1#20 of 84
- 57.4#78 of 84First-serve points won %67.1#15 of 84
- 52.5#53 of 84Break points saved %60.2#7 of 84
- 43.0#53 of 84Return points won %42.2#67 of 84
- 1.142 total · best 6#71 of 84Acesper game3.3224 total · best 11#13 of 84
- 9.7370 total · best 17
Head to head
07 matches
since 20097
since 20097
- Hard · 7 matchesNiculescu 0Stosur 7
- Grand Slams · 1 matchNiculescu 0Stosur 1
Last meetings
- 5 Oct 2015 · Beijing · Round of 64 · HardStosur won 6-3 6-2
- 3 Aug 2015 · Washington · Quarterfinal · HardStosur won 4-0 ret.
- 19 Jan 2015 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardStosur won 6-4 6-1
- 11 Feb 2013 · Doha · Round of 32 · HardStosur won 6-4 1-6 6-3
- 13 Feb 2012 · Doha · Quarterfinal · HardStosur won 6-2 2-6 6-3
- 3 Aug 2009 · Los Angeles · Round of 64 · HardStosur won 6-1 6-2
- 27 July 2009 · Stanford · Round of 16 · HardStosur won 6-1 7-5
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2012.
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