R16 Shenzhen 2019

Monica Niculescu #99 def. Kristyna Pliskova #94

6-7(2) 6-3 6-4

Monica Niculescu defeated Kristyna Pliskova 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 in the 2019 Shenzhen round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMonica NiculescuKristyna Pliskova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
17
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
12
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
87.6%60.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
63.5%67.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%40.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
62.5%64.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
61.9%56.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
35.3%37.5%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.2%38.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.9%48.1%
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.
+5.0-0.1
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.
+0.1-5.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2019 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMonica NiculescuKristyna Pliskova
Country ROU CZE
Birth dateSep 25, 1987Mar 21, 1992
Age3126
Height168 cm184 cm
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)9994
Ranking points (entering)617643
Elo (entering)1,6141,648
Current career W-L179–21492–139
Current career earnings$7,136,898$3,517,903
Pre-match H2H

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jelena Ostapenko #226-0 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 3, 2019R32

Monica Niculescu's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Yafan Wang #706-2 6-7(4) 1-6LH2HMatch dataJan 5, 2019QF

Kristyna Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Shuai Peng #1253-6 7-6(6) 3-3 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataJan 3, 2019R32