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Samantha Stosur #9 def. Monica Niculescu #60

6-4 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 14, 2013*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Samantha Stosur
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Samantha Stosur	Monica Niculescu
Aces	4	1
Double faults	8	3
First serve %	65	68
First serve points won %	55	56
Second serve points won %	31	27
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	46	47
Return points won %	53	54
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Samantha Stosur	Monica Niculescu
Country	AUS	ROU
Birth date	Mar 30, 1984	Sep 25, 1987
Age	28	25
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	60
Ranking points (entering)	4,230	990
Elo (entering)	1,818	1,680
Career W-L	451–335	176–213
Career earnings	$20,070,126	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Samantha Stosur 3 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Samantha Stosur's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Samantha Stosur's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2013	R16	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2013	R64	Jelena Jankovic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data