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Monica Niculescu vs Alla Kudryavtseva

Compare the head-to-head record, career totals, season-by-season performance, and match log for Monica Niculescu vs Alla Kudryavtseva.

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Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
0 – 0
0 main-draw meetings
Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Age 38 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Monica Niculescu #79 6-0 6-4 Alla Kudryavtseva #356 Match data Jan 7, 2018 Q2 Q Hobart International International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard

1 qualifying meeting shown in the table; qualifying is excluded from the H2H score. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Monica Niculescu #958 #28 1,960 1,779 179 214 45.5% 0 0 0 0 3 3
Alla Kudryavtseva #841 #56 1,056 1,671 85 139 37.9% 0 0 0 0 1 1

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Monica Niculescu Alla Kudryavtseva
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 2005 0–1 0.0% #220 1,485 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2006 4–4 50.0% #134 1,504 0 0
19 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0 2007 7–14 33.3% #77 1,478 0 0
20 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0 2008 12–18 40.0% #71 1,554 0 0
21 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0 2009 12–21 36.4% #89 1,568 0 0
22 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0 2010 18–21 46.2% #60 1,632 0 1
23 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0 2011 15–23 39.5% #103 1,570 0 1
24 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0 2012 2–6 25.0% #212 1,509 0 1
25 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1 2013 3–4 42.9% #170 1,505 0 1
26 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2 2014 5–13 27.8% #98 1,487 0 1
27 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2 2015 2–8 20.0% #175 1,451 0 1
28 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3 2016 5–4 55.6% #142 1,612 0 1
29 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3 2017 0–2 0.0% #356 1,532 0 1
30 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3 — — — — — — —
31 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3 — — — — — — —
32 2020 0–2 0.0% #144 1,586 0 3 — — — — — — —
33 2021 0–3 0.0% #274 1,519 0 3 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Monica Niculescu Alla Kudryavtseva
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 3 10 13 23.1% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2008 9 12 21 42.9% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
21 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 5 12 17 29.4% 6 7 13 46.2% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
22 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2010 13 13 26 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
23 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2011 10 13 23 43.5% 3 7 10 30.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
24 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2012 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
25 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
26 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2014 4 8 12 33.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2015 2 7 9 22.2% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2016 3 3 6 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
29 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2017 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2020 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2021 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 143 148 291 49.1% 20 40 60 33.3% 14 23 37 37.8% 2 3 5 40.0% — 56 91 147 38.1% 17 32 49 34.7% 12 16 28 42.9% — — — —

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 341/394 of Monica Niculescu's and 181/215 of Alla Kudryavtseva's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Monica Niculescu Alla Kudryavtseva
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
19 2007 1/1 0.0 4.0 57.4% 45.2% 34.8% 25.0% 100.0% 40.7% 30.8% 2007 10/21 1.4 3.7 57.6% 55.8% 44.9% 48.6% 46.3% 51.3% 43.1%
20 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0% 2008 26/30 1.8 3.0 61.1% 59.3% 43.9% 51.7% 45.8% 53.5% 46.2%
21 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8% 2009 29/33 1.6 3.4 60.8% 54.9% 44.6% 47.5% 51.3% 51.5% 42.0%
22 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9% 2010 36/39 2.1 2.6 58.7% 60.6% 44.4% 50.8% 44.2% 53.9% 44.1%
23 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8% 2011 36/38 2.4 3.8 56.1% 60.1% 41.0% 49.8% 46.9% 51.9% 41.1%
24 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3% 2012 7/8 1.9 2.6 56.1% 61.9% 46.3% 43.9% 53.4% 54.0% 44.3%
25 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4% 2013 5/7 3.4 1.8 58.3% 66.5% 42.3% 48.0% 76.8% 56.3% 45.2%
26 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0% 2014 15/18 2.1 4.4 62.8% 59.3% 41.1% 42.1% 43.2% 52.4% 41.7%
27 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1% 2015 7/10 1.3 4.4 70.0% 56.4% 40.5% 42.7% 44.8% 51.8% 38.7%
28 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0% 2016 8/9 2.5 5.3 59.5% 61.1% 38.0% 47.1% 52.2% 51.7% 46.8%
29 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9% 2017 2/2 2.5 6.0 59.6% 55.1% 44.2% 42.3% 51.7% 50.8% 42.6%
30 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2020 2/2 1.0 1.5 79.6% 49.7% 35.3% 49.4% 42.2% 46.7% 40.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2021 3/3 0.3 1.3 74.9% 47.5% 49.1% 46.0% 50.0% 46.5% 36.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 341/394 0.9 1.8 73.4% 56.9% 44.8% 46.4% 50.7% 53.3% 46.5% — 181/224 2.0 3.4 59.5% 59.1% 43.0% 48.4% 47.8% 52.7% 43.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Monica Niculescu Alla Kudryavtseva
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1485 95.1 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.06
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1505 102.4 — — — — +15 — — 47.4% -0.47 2–1 (67%) — — +0.58
19 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05 2007 1479 112.3 -2.11 -0.89 0.886 47.4% -26 +109 — 37.0% -0.93 3–3 (50%) — — +0.19
20 2008 1543 120.1 -2.90 -0.19 0.859 46.3% +10 -13 +47 34.6% -1.12 4–6 (40%) 1–2 (33%) 99.8 +0.05 2008 1554 118.9 -1.27 +1.61 0.994 49.9% -27 -25 +89 45.2% -0.26 6–9 (40%) 2–6 (25%) 96.9 +0.18
21 2009 1523 112.7 -2.66 -0.26 0.928 48.0% +26 -22 — 34.7% -1.10 3–7 (30%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.79 2009 1568 115.1 -3.32 -1.08 0.866 46.9% -53 +10 +66 37.8% -0.91 4–4 (50%) 4–4 (50%) 101.0 -0.37
22 2010 1574 117.8 -2.83 +0.34 0.866 46.8% -1 — — 41.7% -0.81 3–3 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 101.0 -0.32 2010 1632 116.0 -1.58 -0.03 0.956 49.0% -24 -115 +21 46.0% -0.49 5–6 (45%) 2–2 (50%) 100.2 +0.56
23 2011 1758 133.3 -2.06 +3.84 1.021 50.5% -10 -238 -215 53.8% +0.41 7–3 (70%) 3–5 (38%) 103.5 +0.37 2011 1570 105.8 -3.04 -3.05 0.854 46.5% +20 -106 +52 38.5% -1.21 6–2 (75%) 6–4 (60%) 107.3 +0.40
24 2012 1640 125.0 -1.30 -0.32 0.949 48.8% +48 -164 -85 42.4% -0.47 3–8 (27%) 6–1 (86%) 96.9 +0.44 2012 1510 99.2 -2.09 -0.77 0.964 48.9% +37 — — 33.3% -0.89 0–2 — — +0.59
25 2013 1635 132.6 -0.55 +4.14 1.104 52.3% +66 -181 — 52.1% +0.24 6–8 (43%) 4–2 (67%) 97.6 -0.53 2013 1505 109.2 -0.85 +0.31 1.036 50.2% +31 — +117 57.1% 0.00 0–2 1–0 — +0.48
26 2014 1688 140.2 -1.17 +5.03 1.133 53.0% +7 -148 — 57.1% +1.03 8–12 (40%) 2–6 (25%) 93.9 -0.85 2014 1487 114.2 -2.38 -0.41 0.877 47.1% +43 -62 — 36.4% -1.18 2–6 (25%) 1–2 (33%) 95.6 -0.09
27 2015 1677 131.5 -1.57 +1.81 0.978 49.6% -20 -106 -62 50.0% +0.03 10–10 (50%) 4–0 (100%) 105.1 -0.95 2015 1451 103.7 -3.22 -0.55 0.802 45.0% +28 — — 19.0% -1.81 1–0 0–4 (0%) — +0.03
28 2016 1759 135.4 -1.87 +5.53 1.073 51.7% +23 -229 — 56.0% +0.42 8–6 (57%) 1–4 (20%) 100.6 +0.22 2016 1612 115.7 -2.01 +1.48 0.969 49.2% -29 -124 — 47.6% -0.71 3–0 (100%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.43
29 2017 1622 118.4 -3.66 +1.26 0.920 48.1% +24 -137 -27 40.9% -0.64 5–5 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 100.1 +0.21 2017 1533 98.9 -3.36 -1.56 0.865 46.9% — — — 20.0% -1.40 0–1 — — +0.06
30 2018 1591 133.1 -2.27 +2.61 1.010 50.2% +6 — — 39.6% -0.48 3–5 (38%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.38 2018 1509 94.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2019 1638 129.0 -1.03 +1.89 1.019 50.3% +11 — -43 46.2% -0.05 3–4 (43%) 2–5 (29%) 98.8 -0.23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2020 1587 99.7 -1.05 +1.06 0.754 43.7% — — — 33.3% -2.34 0–2 — — -0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2021 1519 98.6 -2.42 -0.40 0.685 41.9% — — — 0.0% -3.17 — — — -0.37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2023 1531 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1780 134.0 -1.87 +2.44 0.996 49.9% +19 -140 -64 46.8% -0.13 63–79 (44%) 30–32 (48%) 97.9 -0.41 — 1671 114.0 -2.30 -0.63 0.911 47.9% -7 -34 +62 40.2% -0.82 32–36 (47%) 18–23 (44%) 99.9 +1.00

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.