Niculescu v Flipkens

WTA Tour career

Monica NiculescuRomania415 games · 2004–2021Most first serve in %Fewest double faults

Kirsten FlipkensBelgium451 games · 2003–2022Most titlesMost aces

Lineball analyst11–4

Monica Niculescu takes it, 11–4 on categories

Niculescu wins on first serve in %. Flipkens’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Niculescu 415 matches, Flipkens 451 matches.

Flipkens has 1 title (one every 20 matches) to Niculescu’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches).
Niculescu has the better first serve in %: 73.5 to Flipkens’s 59.8.
Flipkens averages 2.6 aces a match to Niculescu’s 0.8 — 3.3 times as many.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): 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 game0.11 total · best 1
73.5First serve in %59.8
56.3First-serve points won %63.6
49.7Break points saved %53.4
46.6Return points won %41.9
0.8319 total · best 6Acesper game2.61,124 total · best 13

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

Titles, oldest to newest.

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