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Monica Niculescu #51 def. Kiki Bertens #22

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 22, 2016*
Tournament	Luxembourg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Monica Niculescu
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Kiki Bertens

Stat	Monica Niculescu	Kiki Bertens
Aces	1	0
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	91	61
First serve points won %	59	49
Second serve points won %	33	33
Break points saved %	73	57
Break points converted %	43	27
Service points won %	57	43
Return points won %	57	43
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Niculescu	Kiki Bertens
Country	ROU	NED
Birth date	Sep 25, 1987	Dec 10, 1991
Age	29	24
Height	168	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	51	22
Ranking points (entering)	1,160	1,827
Elo (entering)	1,742	1,742
Career W-L	176–213	214–168
Career earnings	$7,136,898	$11,653,189

Pre-match H2H

Monica Niculescu 0 – 0 Kiki Bertens

Path

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2016	QF	Caroline Wozniacki	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2016	R16	Francesca Schiavone	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2016	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2016	F	Petra Kvitova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Kiki Bertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2016	QF	Denisa Satralova	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2016	R16	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2016	R32	Annika Beck	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data