R64 Wuhan Open 2017

Kiki Bertens #30 def. Monica Niculescu #65

6-2 6-1

Kiki Bertens defeated Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-1 in the 2017 Wuhan Open first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKiki BertensMonica Niculescu
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
10
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
41
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
58.6%78.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
58.8%43.8%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%15.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%22.2%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
55.2%37.7%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
77.8%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
62.3%44.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.8%41.2%
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.
-1.3-18.8
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.
+18.8+1.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2017 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKiki BertensMonica Niculescu
Country NED ROU
Birth dateDec 10, 1991Sep 25, 1987
Age2530
Height182 cm168 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)3065
Ranking points (entering)1,670871
Elo (entering)1,7271,653
Current career W-L216–172179–214
Current career earnings$11,653,189$7,136,898
Pre-match H2H
Kiki Bertens #30 1 1 Monica Niculescu #65

Path

Kiki Bertens's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kiki Bertens's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Varvara Lepchenko #764-6 4-6LH2HMatch dataSep 27, 2017R32

Monica Niculescu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Fangzhou Liu #1562-6 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 23, 2017Q2
Jia-Jing Lu #2766-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 22, 2017Q1