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Sara Errani #20 def. Monica Niculescu #41

5-7 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 18, 2015*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Sara Errani
Score	5-7 6-1 6-2
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Sara Errani	Monica Niculescu
Aces	0	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	91	65
First serve points won %	56	45
Second serve points won %	64	50
Break points saved %	73	12
Break points converted %	88	27
Service points won %	56	47
Return points won %	53	44
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sara Errani	Monica Niculescu
Country	ITA	ROU
Birth date	Apr 29, 1987	Sep 25, 1987
Age	28	27
Height	164	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	41
Ranking points (entering)	2,145	1,205
Elo (entering)	1,798	1,703
Career W-L	384–299	176–213
Career earnings	$17,994,211	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Sara Errani 2 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Sara Errani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 2015	QF	Anna Tatishvili	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2015	R16	Shahar Peer	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2015	R32	Cagla Buyukakcay	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Errani's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2015	F	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 2015	QF	Andreea Mitu	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2015	R16	Teliana Pereira	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2015	R32	Ana Bogdan	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data