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Monica Niculescu #75 def. Olga Puchkova #109

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 2013*
Tournament	Florianopolis
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	Olga Puchkova

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Olga Puchkova
Aces	0	1
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	87	59
First serve points won %	65	61
Second serve points won %	45	42
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Olga Puchkova
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Sep 27, 1987
Age	25	25
Height	168	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	75	109
Ranking points (entering)	835	613
Elo (entering)	1,714	1,591
Career W-L	176–213	43–63
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$846,870

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 0 – 0 Olga Puchkova

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	SF	Kristina Mladenovic	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	QF	Timea Babos	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	R16	Tereza Mrdeza	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R32	Anabel Medina Garrigues	5-7 7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Olga Puchkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	SF	Venus Williams	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	QF	Jana Cepelova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	R16	Caroline Garcia	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data