Niculescu v Flipkens
WTA Tour 2012
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Kirsten Flipkens takes it, 10–4 on categories
Flipkens wins on first-serve points won %. Niculescu’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Niculescu 38 matches, Flipkens 19 matches.
- Flipkens has the better first-serve points won %: 70 to Niculescu’s 57.4.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 66.9 to Flipkens’s 57.3.
- Flipkens averages 3.2 aces a match to Niculescu’s 1.1 — 2.8 times as many.
- Niculescu ranks 10th of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Flipkens’s team won 68%, Niculescu’s team won 39% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Niculescu has 38 matches, Flipkens 19 — 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.
- –Titlesper game0.11 total · best 1
- 66.9#10 of 84First serve in %57.3
- 57.4#78 of 84First-serve points won %70.0
- 52.5#53 of 84Break points saved %58.6
- 43.0#53 of 84Return points won %42.6
- 1.142 total · best 6#71 of 84Acesper game3.260 total · best 9
Head to head
38 matches
since 20135
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
Titles, oldest to newest in 2012.
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