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

Monica Niculescu vs Jelena Jankovic H2H: 3-5

Jelena Jankovic holds a 5–3 lead over Monica Niculescu in their WTA head-to-head. Across 8 main-draw meetings, Jelena Jankovic leads 4–3 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Monica Niculescu won the 2017 Hobart International first round 6-2 6-3.

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Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
3 – 5
8 main-draw meetings
Jelena Jankovic
SRB Age 41 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Monica Niculescu #40 6-2 6-3 Jelena Jankovic #54 Match data Jan 11, 2017* R32 Hobart International International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Monica Niculescu #37 3-6 6-4 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #20 Match data Feb 24, 2016* R32 Qatar Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Monica Niculescu #60 6-4 6-1 Jelena Jankovic #25 Match data Feb 13, 2013* R64 Qatar Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Jelena Jankovic #26 6-2 6-1 Monica Niculescu #44 Match data Oct 4, 2012* R32 China Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Jelena Jankovic #7 6-3 6-1 Monica Niculescu #63 Match data Mar 23, 2011* R64 Miami Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Jelena Jankovic #8 6-4 6-0 Monica Niculescu #101 Match data Jan 20, 2010* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Jelena Jankovic #3 6-3 6-2 Monica Niculescu #48 Match data Feb 18, 2009* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Jelena Jankovic #3 7-6(3) 6-2 Monica Niculescu #86 Match data May 27, 2008* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam 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
Jelena Jankovic #970 #1 9,200 2,138 552 337 62.1% 0 6 0 2 7 15

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 Jelena Jankovic
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2001 1–1 50.0% #364 1,512 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 2002 2–4 33.3% #196 1,529 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2003 4–9 30.8% #85 1,488 0 0
19 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0 2004 27–26 50.9% #28 1,745 0 1
20 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0 2005 36–29 55.4% #22 1,733 0 1
21 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0 2006 45–28 61.6% #12 1,925 0 1
22 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0 2007 73–26 73.7% #3 1,977 0 5
23 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0 2008 66–19 77.6% #1 2,091 0 9
24 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0 2009 42–19 68.9% #8 1,952 0 11
25 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1 2010 35–22 61.4% #8 1,797 0 12
26 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2 2011 38–22 63.3% #14 1,794 0 12
27 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2 2012 31–28 52.5% #22 1,732 0 12
28 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3 2013 46–21 68.7% #8 1,920 0 13
29 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3 2014 38–22 63.3% #15 1,797 0 13
30 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3 2015 39–21 65.0% #21 1,858 0 15
31 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3 2016 23–21 52.3% #54 1,730 0 15
32 2020 0–2 0.0% #144 1,586 0 3 2017 6–19 24.0% #158 1,575 0 15
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 Jelena Jankovic
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 %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 2 6 8 25.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
19 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 17 19 36 47.2% 6 3 9 66.7% 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% — — — — 2005 22 18 40 55.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2006 31 17 48 64.6% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2007 38 18 56 67.9% 23 5 28 82.1% 11 2 13 84.6% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2008 49 15 64 76.6% 14 3 17 82.4% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
24 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 22 12 34 64.7% 15 4 19 78.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
25 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2010 17 16 33 51.5% 15 5 20 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
26 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2011 27 15 42 64.3% 11 6 17 64.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2012 26 18 44 59.1% 1 6 7 14.3% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
28 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2013 24 14 38 63.2% 21 6 27 77.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
29 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2014 22 14 36 61.1% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
30 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2015 26 14 40 65.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
31 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2016 18 14 32 56.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
32 2020 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2017 4 11 15 26.7% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 3 3 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% — 348 225 573 60.7% 146 73 219 66.7% 53 32 85 62.4% 5 7 12 41.7%

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 647/868 of Jelena Jankovic'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 Jelena Jankovic
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% 2004 5/53 1.0 8.6 68.2% 57.5% 34.2% 47.2% 52.3% 50.5% 49.0%
20 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0% 2005 9/65 2.8 3.3 65.5% 66.3% 40.5% 58.7% 57.0% 57.4% 45.4%
21 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8% 2006 46/73 2.7 4.6 67.7% 62.7% 43.4% 50.1% 49.7% 56.6% 46.1%
22 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9% 2007 87/99 2.0 3.0 70.3% 65.5% 46.9% 48.7% 51.9% 59.9% 50.5%
23 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8% 2008 69/85 2.1 3.5 69.2% 65.0% 46.8% 57.5% 56.7% 59.5% 49.0%
24 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3% 2009 53/61 2.0 3.5 63.7% 64.2% 49.0% 53.7% 51.3% 58.7% 47.8%
25 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4% 2010 51/57 2.4 3.6 65.3% 63.1% 46.0% 53.7% 54.0% 57.2% 47.6%
26 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0% 2011 53/60 2.8 4.0 63.9% 66.8% 47.8% 50.7% 48.4% 60.0% 48.6%
27 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1% 2012 53/59 2.7 4.6 60.5% 63.6% 43.8% 55.9% 48.2% 56.1% 46.5%
28 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0% 2013 62/67 2.5 3.7 62.0% 63.7% 46.5% 55.7% 50.7% 57.1% 47.3%
29 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9% 2014 56/60 2.6 3.3 63.2% 66.5% 49.0% 57.1% 50.7% 59.7% 47.0%
30 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4% 2015 41/60 3.2 4.0 63.4% 64.1% 52.6% 53.5% 47.2% 59.9% 41.6%
31 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2% 2016 37/44 2.7 3.2 62.2% 65.3% 45.6% 58.3% 52.0% 57.9% 47.4%
32 2020 2/2 1.0 1.5 79.6% 49.7% 35.3% 49.4% 42.2% 46.7% 40.2% 2017 25/25 3.4 5.0 60.6% 61.5% 42.6% 54.0% 57.1% 54.2% 39.9%
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% — 647/889 2.5 3.8 65.0% 64.5% 46.7% 53.9% 51.5% 58.3% 47.2%

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 Jelena Jankovic
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
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1512 104.6 — — — — — — — 40.0% -0.40 1–0 1–0 — -0.03
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1529 120.6 — — — — +38 — — 35.7% -0.79 1–1 1–1 — +0.14
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1488 112.5 — — — — +49 -9 — 39.3% -0.36 1–5 (17%) 0–2 — +0.62
19 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05 2004 1746 139.9 -1.12 +2.19 0.989 49.7% -43 -137 -129 53.7% +0.12 8–11 (42%) 11–2 (85%) 107.5 -0.93
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 2005 1733 142.6 +1.39 +0.98 1.067 51.2% -36 -21 -3 56.8% +0.58 9–15 (38%) 3–6 (33%) 91.2 -0.92
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 2006 1925 155.2 +0.93 +2.16 1.062 51.3% -25 -178 -93 62.0% +0.98 16–10 (62%) 8–9 (47%) 105.8 -1.57
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 2007 1977 166.7 +4.61 +7.29 1.259 54.9% -66 +125 -9 71.8% +1.76 15–14 (52%) 9–8 (53%) 99.5 -2.33
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 2008 2091 167.1 +4.57 +5.72 1.211 54.2% 0 +6 -122 72.3% +1.59 14–12 (54%) 9–6 (60%) 97.6 -0.03
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 2009 1953 153.9 +3.33 +4.18 1.158 53.2% +35 +106 -56 65.7% +0.99 10–10 (50%) 13–6 (68%) 96.3 +1.47
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 2010 1797 148.2 +1.63 +4.10 1.111 52.3% -26 +268 +127 59.5% +0.69 11–5 (69%) 6–6 (50%) 98.9 +1.90
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 2011 1795 152.5 +3.98 +4.60 1.215 54.2% -5 +179 — 63.5% +1.32 6–15 (29%) 3–2 (60%) 89.2 +2.37
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 2012 1733 140.2 +0.76 +2.74 1.061 51.2% +44 +108 +82 51.6% +0.25 6–10 (38%) 8–11 (42%) 90.7 -0.18
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 2013 1921 155.5 +1.91 +3.65 1.103 52.2% -10 +25 — 63.4% +0.98 17–10 (63%) 12–6 (67%) 108.0 +2.23
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 2014 1797 152.0 +3.44 +3.23 1.165 53.1% +32 +152 — 63.1% +1.09 6–8 (43%) 5–9 (36%) 91.3 +1.30
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 2015 1858 140.4 +1.72 +0.71 1.039 50.5% +8 +11 -27 61.7% +0.75 15–6 (71%) 7–5 (58%) 106.0 +0.52
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 2016 1730 132.2 +1.48 +2.78 1.125 52.4% +42 +35 +71 56.0% +0.52 4–12 (25%) 4–5 (44%) 86.5 +1.30
32 2020 1587 99.7 -1.05 +1.06 0.754 43.7% — — — 33.3% -2.34 0–2 — — -0.11 2017 1575 121.7 -1.62 -1.81 0.871 47.5% +83 +113 +164 34.4% -0.87 2–9 (18%) 1–4 (20%) 88.8 -0.72
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 — 2139 156.2 +2.59 +3.80 1.133 52.7% -3 +72 -8 61.1% +0.87 142–153 (48%) 101–88 (53%) 93.6 +0.58

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.