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Serena Williams #1 def. Monica Niculescu #70

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 25, 2015*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Serena Williams	Monica Niculescu
Aces	7	0
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	59	78
First serve points won %	70	40
Second serve points won %	50	58
Break points saved %	86	29
Break points converted %	71	14
Service points won %	62	44
Return points won %	56	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Monica Niculescu
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 25, 1987
Age	33	27
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	70
Ranking points (entering)	9,982	794
Elo (entering)	2,220	1,664
Career W-L	825–170	176–213
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Serena Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2015	R32	Catherine Bellis	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2015	R128	Shelby Rogers	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data