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Francesca Schiavone #7 def. Monica Niculescu #85

6-0 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date Jan 23, 2011*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Francesca Schiavone
Score6-0 7-6(2)
Loser Monica Niculescu
StatFrancesca SchiavoneMonica Niculescu
Aces10
Double faults22
First serve %5870
First serve points won %6444
Second serve points won %5432
Break points saved %045
Break points converted %55100
Service points won %6041
Return points won %5940
Total points won %6040

Pre-match Comparison

FieldFrancesca SchiavoneMonica Niculescu
Country ITA ROU
Birth dateJun 23, 1980Sep 25, 1987
Age3023
Height166168
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)785
Ranking points (entering)4,835771
Elo (entering)1,8861,611
Career W-L439–367176–213
Career earnings$11,324,245$7,136,898
Pre-match H2H
Francesca Schiavone 1 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Francesca Schiavone's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 2011R64 Rebecca Marino 6-3 5-7 9-7WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2011R128 Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Francesca Schiavone's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 2011R16 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 1-6 16-14WH2HMatch data

Monica Niculescu's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 2011R64 Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2011R128 Timea Bacsinszky 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data