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Monica Niculescu v Kirsten Flipkens: stats compared | Lineball
Niculescu wins on first serve in %. Flipkens’s case rests on break points saved %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2011: Niculescu 40 matches, Flipkens 16 matches.
Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 74.6 to Flipkens’s 57.5.
Flipkens has the better break points saved %: 58.5 to Niculescu’s 46.3.
Flipkens averages 2.2 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.5 — 4.1 times as many.
Niculescu ranks 2nd of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first serve in %.
Winners’ edge: Niculescu’s team won 60%, Flipkens’s team won 38% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Niculescu has 40 matches, Flipkens 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
74.6★ #2 of 85First serve in %57.5
55.3#83 of 85First-serve points won %63.4
46.3#85 of 85Break points saved %58.5
48.4#6 of 85Return points won %42.5
0.521 total · best 4#81 of 85Acesper game2.235 total · best 5
10.6424 total · best 20#51 of 89Games wonper game
Head to head
38 matches since 20135
Hard · 8 matchesNiculescu 3Flipkens 5
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 2011.
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9.7
155 total · best 13
52.4#5 of 85Break points converted %47.3
55.7#34 of 89Sets won %41.2
53.3#23 of 89Games won %48.9
0.01 total · best 1#40 of 54Finalsper game–
1.249 total · best 2#41 of 89Sets wonper game0.914 total · best 2
1.039 total · best 2#29 of 89Sets lostper game · lower is better1.320 total · best 2
9.3372 total · best 18#17 of 89Games lostper game · lower is better10.1162 total · best 17
0.28 total · best 2#59 of 89Tiebreaksper game0.34 total · best 1
1.143 total · best 5★ #3 of 85Double faultsper game · lower is better2.946 total · best 7
45.01,801 total · best 116#85 of 85Serve pointsper game54.6873 total · best 113