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Dominika Cibulkova #31 def. Monica Niculescu #82

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 25, 2018*
Tournament	Wuhan
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Dominika Cibulkova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Dominika Cibulkova	Monica Niculescu
Aces	0	0
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	62	85
First serve points won %	62	44
Second serve points won %	48	43
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	57	44
Return points won %	56	43
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominika Cibulkova	Monica Niculescu
Country	SVK	ROU
Birth date	May 6, 1989	Sep 25, 1987
Age	29	31
Height	161	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	82
Ranking points (entering)	1,515	777
Elo (entering)	1,802	1,614
Career W-L	365–261	176–213
Career earnings	$13,725,520	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Dominika Cibulkova 1 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Dominika Cibulkova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Dominika Cibulkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2018	R32	Simona Halep	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 2018	Q1	Fangzhou Liu	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data