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Angelique Kerber #92 def. Monica Niculescu #68

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Monica Niculescu
Aces	1	0
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	66	91
First serve points won %	64	47
Second serve points won %	50	83
Break points saved %	50	29
Break points converted %	71	50
Service points won %	59	50
Return points won %	50	41
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Monica Niculescu
Country	GER	ROU
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Sep 25, 1987
Age	23	23
Height	173	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	92	68
Ranking points (entering)	747	963
Elo (entering)	1,639	1,658
Career W-L	461–270	176–213
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 0 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Lauren Davis	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Flavia Pennetta	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data