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Ekaterina Makarova #22 def. Monica Niculescu #64

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 2014*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Ekaterina Makarova
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Ekaterina Makarova	Monica Niculescu
Aces	—	1
Double faults	—	3
First serve %	—	70
First serve points won %	—	50
Second serve points won %	—	40
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	—	100
Service points won %	—	47
Return points won %	—	45
Total points won %	—	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ekaterina Makarova	Monica Niculescu
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Jun 7, 1988	Sep 25, 1987
Age	25	26
Height	180	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	64
Ranking points (entering)	2,061	955
Elo (entering)	1,863	1,705
Career W-L	248–222	176–213
Career earnings	$13,229,362	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Ekaterina Makarova 1 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Ekaterina Makarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2014	R64	Irina Falconi Hartman	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Venus Williams	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ekaterina Makarova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2014	R16	Na Li	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2014	R64	Sabine Lisicki	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Shahar Peer	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data