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Monica Niculescu v Samantha Stosur: stats compared | Lineball
Stosur wins on first-serve points won %. Niculescu’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Niculescu 415 matches, Stosur 852 matches.
Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 73.5 to Stosur’s 61.2.
Stosur has the better first-serve points won %: 67.3 to Niculescu’s 56.3.
Stosur averages 3.3 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.8 — 4.1 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Stosur’s team won 57%, Niculescu’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Stosur has 852 matches across 22 seasons, Niculescu 415 in 18 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
73.5First serve in %61.2
56.3First-serve points won %67.3
49.7Break points saved %59.0
46.6Return points won %41.5
0.8319 total · best 6Aces
Head to head
07 matches 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.
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per game
3.32,740 total · best 18
10.54,362 total · best 20Games wonper game11.29,575 total · best 20
48.0Break points converted %44.4
47.9Sets won %55.6
49.7Games won %52.3
0.08 total · best 1Finalsper game0.026 total · best 1
1.1461 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.31,083 total · best 2
1.2502 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0864 total · best 2
10.64,410 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better10.38,745 total · best 21
0.267 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.3211 total · best 2
