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Monica Niculescu #70 def. Daniela Hantuchova #38

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 20, 2012*
Tournament	Luxembourg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Daniela Hantuchova

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Daniela Hantuchova
Aces	1	0
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	63	52
First serve points won %	83	67
Second serve points won %	57	21
Break points saved %	0	29
Break points converted %	71	100
Service points won %	74	45
Return points won %	55	26
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Daniela Hantuchova
Country	ROU	SVK
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Apr 23, 1983
Age	25	29
Height	168	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	70	38
Ranking points (entering)	906	1,410
Elo (entering)	1,621	1,741
Career W-L	176–213	457–361
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$10,436,407

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 0 – 0 Daniela Hantuchova

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Monica Niculescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2012	F	Venus Williams	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Daniela Hantuchova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2012	QF	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2012	R16	Kirsten Flipkens	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2012	R32	Arantxa Rus	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data