H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Monica Niculescu vs Chanelle Scheepers H2H: 1-1

Monica Niculescu and Chanelle Scheepers are tied 1–1 in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Chanelle Scheepers leads 1–0 on clay, while Monica Niculescu leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Monica Niculescu won the 2011 China Open round of 32 6-2 6-1.

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Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
1 – 1
2 main-draw meetings
Chanelle Scheepers
RSA Age 42 Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Monica Niculescu #57 6-2 6-1 Chanelle Scheepers #41 Match data Oct 6, 2011* R32 China Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Chanelle Scheepers #79 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) Monica Niculescu #49 Match data May 4, 2011* R64 Madrid Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. 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
Chanelle Scheepers #429 #37 1,505 1,724 87 108 44.6% 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 Chanelle Scheepers
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0 2003 1–1 50.0% #299 1,503 0 0
20 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0 — — — — — — —
21 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0 — — — — — — —
22 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0 — — — — — — —
23 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0 — — — — — — —
24 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0 2008 0–2 0.0% #187 1,485 0 0
25 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1 2009 4–8 33.3% #127 1,484 0 0
26 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2 2010 7–9 43.8% #103 1,523 0 0
27 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2 2011 20–19 51.3% #38 1,657 0 1
28 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3 2012 24–26 48.0% #60 1,678 0 1
29 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3 2013 15–21 41.7% #80 1,571 0 1
30 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3 2014 15–17 46.9% #77 1,619 0 1
31 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3 2015 1–5 16.7% #424 1,569 0 1
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 Chanelle Scheepers
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 %
19 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2008 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% 2009 3 6 9 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
26 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2010 4 6 10 40.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2011 16 11 27 59.3% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
28 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2012 17 17 34 50.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2013 5 13 18 27.8% 10 7 17 58.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2014 3 8 11 27.3% 11 8 19 57.9% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
31 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2015 0 3 3 0.0% 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% — 49 66 115 42.6% 34 33 67 50.7% 3 8 11 27.3% 1 1 2 50.0%

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 176/193 of Chanelle Scheepers'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 Chanelle Scheepers
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3% 2008 2/2 1.0 2.5 61.9% 56.5% 23.0% 58.3% 18.2% 44.2% 34.1%
25 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4% 2009 12/12 1.3 3.5 65.7% 55.7% 41.8% 51.0% 48.2% 50.9% 38.0%
26 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0% 2010 13/16 0.4 5.2 65.2% 58.3% 43.7% 55.9% 45.4% 52.9% 44.2%
27 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1% 2011 36/39 1.0 4.5 64.1% 59.3% 42.3% 50.1% 45.2% 53.1% 45.2%
28 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0% 2012 48/50 0.6 5.3 61.5% 58.4% 43.7% 46.8% 50.2% 52.6% 46.1%
29 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9% 2013 30/36 0.9 4.9 60.7% 57.6% 43.3% 51.2% 43.5% 51.8% 45.5%
30 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4% 2014 29/32 0.7 5.1 65.3% 56.8% 42.1% 48.3% 46.3% 51.4% 46.6%
31 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2% 2015 6/6 0.3 6.3 66.0% 57.3% 46.6% 57.3% 39.4% 53.3% 41.4%
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% — 176/195 0.8 4.9 63.2% 57.9% 42.8% 49.9% 46.1% 52.2% 44.9%

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 Chanelle Scheepers
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
19 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05 2003 1504 97.4 — — — — — — — 50.0% -1.25 — 1–0 — +0.16
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2008 1485 92.0 +0.92 -0.21 0.610 39.1% — — — 0.0% -3.75 — 0–1 — +0.01
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 2009 1485 101.3 -2.96 -2.55 0.773 44.9% +7 — — 36.7% -1.33 3–3 (50%) 4–2 (67%) 101.1 +0.02
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 2010 1523 115.7 -1.51 +0.20 0.939 48.8% -20 +53 — 43.2% -0.27 3–2 (60%) 0–3 (0%) 100.4 +1.11
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 2011 1657 122.4 -2.12 +1.22 0.962 49.0% +14 -94 — 47.9% -0.13 11–5 (69%) 6–3 (67%) 108.7 +1.86
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 2012 1678 136.9 -2.13 +2.84 0.974 49.4% +14 -66 -142 48.7% -0.06 6–11 (35%) 4–4 (50%) 96.6 -0.91
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 2013 1572 114.1 -3.06 +0.92 0.945 48.7% -12 +86 — 41.5% -0.54 6–4 (60%) 1–5 (17%) 97.8 +0.76
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 2014 1620 124.9 -2.98 +1.97 0.959 49.1% -94 +102 — 46.1% -0.13 7–5 (58%) 2–5 (29%) 101.7 -0.75
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 2015 1569 103.8 -0.95 -0.07 0.887 47.5% -79 +117 — 31.3% -1.56 1–3 (25%) — — -0.20
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 — 1725 125.1 -2.36 +1.34 0.940 48.6% -7 +36 -142 44.5% -0.37 37–33 (53%) 18–23 (44%) 100.4 +1.06

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.