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Monica Niculescu #57 def. Maria Kirilenko #24

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 8, 2011*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Maria Kirilenko

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Maria Kirilenko
Aces	3	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	81	71
First serve points won %	55	56
Second serve points won %	53	50
Break points saved %	64	50
Break points converted %	50	36
Service points won %	55	54
Return points won %	46	45
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Maria Kirilenko
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Jan 25, 1987
Age	24	24
Height	168	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	57	24
Ranking points (entering)	1,071	2,100
Elo (entering)	1,699	1,854
Career W-L	176–213	282–228
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$6,855,919

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 1 – 1 Maria Kirilenko

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2011	R16	Virginie Razzano	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2011	R32	Chanelle Scheepers	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2011	R64	Na Li	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2011	SF	Andrea Petkovic	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Kirilenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2011	R16	Tamira Paszek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2011	R32	Samantha Stosur	7-5 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2011	R64	Julia Goerges	7-6(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data