Lisicki v Niculescu
WTA Tour 2012
Lineball analyst9–4
Sabine Lisicki takes it, 9–4 on categories
Lisicki 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: Lisicki 38 matches, Niculescu 38 matches.
- Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 66.9 to Lisicki’s 56.5.
- Lisicki averages 4.0 aces a match to Niculescu’s 1.1 — 3.6 times as many.
- Niculescu averages 1.0 double faults a match to Lisicki’s 4.5.
- Niculescu ranks 10th of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Lisicki’s team won 45%, Niculescu’s team won 39% of the matches they played.
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.
- 56.5#68 of 84First serve in %66.9#10 of 84
- 65.6#22 of 84First-serve points won %57.4#78 of 84
- 55.2#34 of 84Break points saved %52.5#53 of 84
- 42.4#64 of 84Return points won %43.0#53 of 84
- 4.0153 total · best 12#10 of 84Acesper game1.142 total · best 6#71 of 84
- 11.4
Head to head
36 matches
since 20103
since 20103
- Hard · 6 matchesLisicki 3Niculescu 3
- Grand Slams · 1 matchLisicki 0Niculescu 1
Last meetings
- 29 Jan 2018 · Taipei · Quarterfinal · HardLisicki won 4-6 6-4 6-4
- 22 Feb 2016 · Doha · Round of 64 · HardNiculescu won 6-2 6-2
- 16 Feb 2015 · Dubai · Round of 64 · HardLisicki won 6-3 6-4
- 8 Sept 2014 · Hong Kong · Round of 32 · HardLisicki won 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1
- 13 Jan 2014 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · HardNiculescu won 2-6 6-2 6-2
- 9 Aug 2010 · Cincinnati · Round of 64 · HardNiculescu won 6-3 6-0
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2012.
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