Monica Niculescu #85 def. Varvara Lepchenko #64

6-4 6-2

Monica Niculescu defeated Varvara Lepchenko 6-4 6-2 in the 2018 Hobart International second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMonica NiculescuVarvara Lepchenko
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
00
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
12
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
72.7%77.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
65.0%50.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
60.0%57.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%42.9%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
63.6%51.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
57.1%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.4%36.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.6%44.4%
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.
+6.9-5.1
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.
+5.1-6.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2018 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMonica NiculescuVarvara Lepchenko
Country ROU USA
Birth dateSep 25, 1987May 21, 1986
Age3031
Height168 cm180 cm
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)8564
Ranking points (entering)755960
Elo (entering)1,6511,705
Current career W-L179–214156–220
Current career earnings$7,136,898$5,799,749
Pre-match H2H

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Irina-Camelia Begu #406-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2018R32
Alla Kudryavtseva #3566-0 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 7, 2018Q2
Alison Bai #4816-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 6, 2018Q1

Monica Niculescu's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elise Mertens #36(w/o)LH2HMatch dataJan 12, 2018QF

Varvara Lepchenko's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Mona Barthel #526-0 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2018R32