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Venus Williams #41 def. Monica Niculescu #70

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 2012*
Tournament	Luxembourg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Venus Williams	Monica Niculescu
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	63	71
First serve points won %	64	50
Second serve points won %	65	38
Break points saved %	75	43
Break points converted %	57	25
Service points won %	65	47
Return points won %	53	35
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Monica Niculescu
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 25, 1987
Age	32	25
Height	185	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	41	70
Ranking points (entering)	1,370	906
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,642
Career W-L	768–288	176–213
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 0 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2012	SF	Andrea Petkovic	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2012	QF	Roberta Vinci	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2012	R16	Mona Barthel	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2012	R32	Belinda Bencic	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2012	SF	Daniela Hantuchova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2012	QF	Lucie Hradecka	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2012	R16	Julia Goerges	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2012	R32	Romina Oprandi	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data