Niculescu v Flipkens
WTA Tour 2018
Lineball analyst6–7
Too close to call — 7–6 on categories
Flipkens wins on first-serve points won %. Niculescu’s case rests on first serve in %. WTA Tour 2018: Niculescu 23 matches, Flipkens 41 matches.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 77.8 to Flipkens’s 61.7.
- Flipkens averages 3.1 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.3 — 10.2 times as many.
- Niculescu averages 1.5 double faults a match to Flipkens’ 2.4.
- Niculescu ranks 1st of 95 in WTA Tour 2018 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Flipkens’s team won 51%, Niculescu’s team won 39% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Flipkens has 41 matches, Niculescu 23 — 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.
- 77.8★ #1 of 95First serve in %61.7#52 of 95
- 53.8#95 of 95First-serve points won %62.2#68 of 95
- 49.0#95 of 95Break points saved %54.4#68 of 95
- 47.6★ #3 of 95Return points won %42.1#76 of 95
- 0.37 total · best 1#95 of 95Acesper game3.1126 total · best 13#40 of 95
- 11.1255 total · best 17
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
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2018.
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