R64 Australian Open 2011

Monica Niculescu #85 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #36

6-4 6-1

Monica Niculescu defeated Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 6-1 in the 2011 Australian Open round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMonica NiculescuTsvetana Pironkova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
02
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
31
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
70.7%53.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
65.5%41.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
33.3%43.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
25.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.1%42.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%75.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
57.8%43.9%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
57.1%42.9%
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.
+0.2-13.7
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.
+13.7-0.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2011 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMonica NiculescuTsvetana Pironkova
Country ROU BUL
Birth dateSep 25, 1987Sep 13, 1987
Age2323
Height168 cm180 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)8536
Ranking points (entering)7711,722
Elo (entering)1,5951,624
Current career W-L179–214172–226
Current career earnings$7,136,898$5,321,439
Pre-match H2H

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Timea Bacsinszky #506-0 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2011R128

Monica Niculescu's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Francesca Schiavone #70-6 6-7(2)LH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2011R32

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Pauline Parmentier #1056-4 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2011R128