QF Monterrey Open 2013

Monica Niculescu #51 def. Timea Babos #123

7-5 6-2

Monica Niculescu defeated Timea Babos 7-5 6-2 in the 2013 Monterrey Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMonica NiculescuTimea Babos
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
01
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
15
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
91.2%54.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
63.5%61.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
80.0%36.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%61.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.9%50.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
38.5%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
50.0%35.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.6%43.4%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.0-5.9
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+5.9-9.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2013 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMonica NiculescuTimea Babos
Country ROU HUN
Birth dateSep 25, 1987May 10, 1993
Age2519
Height168 cm179 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)51123
Ranking points (entering)1,130558
Elo (entering)1,7221,575
Current career W-L179–214124–180
Current career earnings$7,136,898$9,596,841
Pre-match H2H
Monica Niculescu #51 1 0 Timea Babos #123

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Yanina Wickmayer #356-4 3-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataApr 5, 2013R16
Kimiko Date #736-2 2-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataApr 4, 2013R32

Monica Niculescu's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #266-3 2-6 4-6LH2HMatch dataApr 6, 2013SF

Timea Babos's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ana Ivanovic #177-5 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataApr 5, 2013R16
Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataApr 4, 2013R32