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Monica Niculescu #70 def. Magdalena Rybarikova #18

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 2018*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Magdalena Rybarikova

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Magdalena Rybarikova
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	81	50
First serve points won %	59	48
Second serve points won %	67	55
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	60	52
Return points won %	48	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Magdalena Rybarikova
Country	ROU	SVK
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Oct 4, 1988
Age	30	29
Height	168	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	70	18
Ranking points (entering)	841	2,395
Elo (entering)	1,714	1,760
Career W-L	176–213	188–207
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$5,252,043

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 3 – 1 Magdalena Rybarikova

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2018	R128	Yulia Putintseva	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2018	R32	Sloane Stephens	7-6(1) 3-6 0-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Magdalena Rybarikova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.