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Monica Niculescu #31 def. Vera Zvonareva #8

7-5 3-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2012*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	7-5 3-2 (ret.)
Loser	Vera Zvonareva

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Vera Zvonareva
Aces	4	1
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	62	52
First serve points won %	58	55
Second serve points won %	59	45
Break points saved %	82	43
Break points converted %	57	18
Service points won %	58	50
Return points won %	50	42
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Vera Zvonareva
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Sep 7, 1984
Age	24	27
Height	168	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,765	4,690
Elo (entering)	1,742	1,886
Career W-L	176–213	459–268
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$16,987,921

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 0 – 1 Vera Zvonareva

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2012	R64	Elena Vesnina	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2012	R16	Kateryna Volodko	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Vera Zvonareva's path

No prior matches in this tournament.