Niculescu v Stosur
WTA Tour 2013
Lineball analyst4–11
Samantha Stosur takes it, 11–4 on categories
Stosur wins on titles. Niculescu’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2013: Niculescu 43 matches, Stosur 65 matches.
- Stosur has 2 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Niculescu’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 74.5 to Stosur’s 62.
- Stosur has the better break points saved %: 59 to Niculescu’s 49.3.
- Niculescu ranks 2nd of 87 in WTA Tour 2013 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Stosur’s team won 65%, Niculescu’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Stosur has 65 matches, Niculescu 43 — 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.
- 0.01 total · best 1#17 of 31Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1#11 of 31
- 74.5★ #2 of 87First serve in %62.0#42 of 87
- 57.9#77 of 87First-serve points won %67.2#12 of 87
- 49.3#75 of 87Break points saved %59.0#15 of 87
- 48.6#6 of 87Return points won %44.7#38 of 87
- 0.728 total · best 3
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
Titles, oldest to newest in 2013.
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