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Aravane Rezai #79 def. Monica Niculescu #59

0-6 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 23, 2009*
Tournament	Strasbourg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Aravane Rezai
Score	0-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Aravane Rezai	Monica Niculescu
Aces	2	0
Double faults	7	0
First serve %	66	73
First serve points won %	60	51
Second serve points won %	44	38
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	54	47
Return points won %	53	46
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aravane Rezai	Monica Niculescu
Country	FRA	ROU
Birth date	Mar 14, 1987	Sep 25, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	165	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	79	59
Ranking points (entering)	775	999
Elo (entering)	1,623	1,541
Career W-L	109–117	176–213
Career earnings	$2,824,472	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Aravane Rezai 0 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Aravane Rezai's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2009	R16	Anastasiya Yakimova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2009	R32	Sybille Bammer	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aravane Rezai's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2009	SF	Viktoriya Kutuzova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2009	R16	Yuliya Beygelzimer	5-7 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2009	R32	Anna-Lena Groenefeld	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data