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Monica Niculescu #85 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #40

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2018*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Irina-Camelia Begu

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Irina-Camelia Begu
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	71	63
First serve points won %	64	41
Second serve points won %	56	50
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	62	44
Return points won %	56	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Irina-Camelia Begu
Country	ROU	ROU
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Aug 26, 1990
Age	30	27
Height	168	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	85	40
Ranking points (entering)	755	1,303
Elo (entering)	1,629	1,698
Career W-L	176–213	249–234
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$9,074,683

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 0 – 0 Irina-Camelia Begu

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2018	Q2	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2018	Q1	Alison Bai	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R16	Varvara Lepchenko	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

No prior matches in this tournament.