H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Monica Niculescu vs Sofia Arvidsson H2H: 0-2

Sofia Arvidsson holds a 2–0 lead over Monica Niculescu in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Sofia Arvidsson leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Sofia Arvidsson won the 2012 Indian Wells Open round of 64 6-3 6-3.

Want to explore more matchups? Advanced rivalry search lets you browse current and historical rivalries, unbeaten records, or every matchup for a player.

Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
0 – 2
2 main-draw meetings
Sofia Arvidsson
SWE Age 42 Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Sofia Arvidsson #56 6-3 6-3 Monica Niculescu #29 Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64 Indian Wells Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Sofia Arvidsson #58 0-6 7-6(4) 6-3 Monica Niculescu #69 Match data Aug 17, 2011* R64 Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

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
Sofia Arvidsson #320 #29 1,380 1,769 114 156 42.2% 0 0 0 0 2 2

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 Sofia Arvidsson
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 2001 0–1 0.0% #437 1,489 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2002 0–1 0.0% #144 1,475 0 0
19 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0 2003 2–3 40.0% #104 1,482 0 0
20 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0 2004 1–6 14.3% #213 1,433 0 0
21 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0 2005 13–8 61.9% #67 1,598 0 0
22 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0 2006 16–19 45.7% #62 1,536 0 1
23 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0 2007 6–11 35.3% #98 1,507 0 1
24 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0 2008 13–19 40.6% #56 1,536 0 1
25 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1 2009 0–8 0.0% #139 1,456 0 1
26 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2 2010 14–16 46.7% #53 1,549 0 1
27 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2 2011 16–23 41.0% #78 1,627 0 1
28 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3 2012 27–21 56.2% #41 1,748 0 2
29 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3 2013 6–18 25.0% #120 1,595 0 2
30 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3 2014 0–1 0.0% #263 1,579 0 2
31 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3 2015 0–1 0.0% #320 1,566 0 2
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 Sofia Arvidsson
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
19 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2004 1 5 6 16.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2005 11 6 17 64.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
22 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2006 13 10 23 56.5% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2007 4 9 13 30.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
24 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2008 12 13 25 48.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 2 2 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 0 6 6 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
26 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2010 10 9 19 52.6% 4 5 9 44.4% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
27 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — 2011 8 15 23 34.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
28 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2012 17 12 29 58.6% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
29 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2013 5 9 14 35.7% 0 6 6 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2014 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2015 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
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% — 82 95 177 46.3% 25 42 67 37.3% 5 15 20 25.0% 2 4 6 33.3%

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 206/263 of Sofia Arvidsson'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 Sofia Arvidsson
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% 2004 1/7 1.0 2.0 71.6% 50.0% 36.8% 53.8% 23.1% 46.3% 44.3%
21 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8% 2005 3/21 0.7 2.3 62.2% 69.3% 36.4% 56.7% 47.2% 57.1% 49.2%
22 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9% 2006 22/35 3.0 2.4 66.2% 63.7% 45.2% 47.2% 46.4% 57.1% 45.4%
23 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8% 2007 14/17 2.1 1.6 65.3% 55.1% 41.3% 47.3% 55.4% 50.1% 44.2%
24 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3% 2008 24/32 1.4 2.3 68.1% 59.6% 39.8% 47.1% 44.1% 53.2% 45.7%
25 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4% 2009 8/8 0.5 1.3 64.9% 48.9% 40.6% 43.7% 28.9% 45.8% 35.6%
26 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0% 2010 27/30 2.0 2.0 67.2% 61.0% 41.4% 50.7% 43.6% 54.5% 44.8%
27 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1% 2011 38/39 1.6 1.5 66.9% 55.7% 45.7% 45.8% 46.3% 52.1% 41.2%
28 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0% 2012 44/48 1.6 2.1 68.2% 58.5% 45.3% 51.9% 48.4% 54.3% 46.9%
29 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9% 2013 23/24 2.3 1.5 67.1% 56.6% 46.5% 42.6% 46.6% 52.5% 38.8%
30 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4% 2014 1/1 2.0 4.0 64.4% 70.1% 37.8% 61.5% 66.7% 58.7% 33.0%
31 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2% 2015 1/1 1.0 2.0 68.5% 45.9% 47.1% 54.5% — 46.3% 20.0%
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% — 206/270 1.8 1.9 67.1% 58.3% 43.7% 48.0% 45.9% 53.2% 43.6%

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 Sofia Arvidsson
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1490 98.8 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.05
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1476 100.3 — — — — — — — 33.3% -0.33 0–1 0–1 — +0.05
19 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05 2003 1482 105.7 — — — — +57 — — 36.4% 0.00 1–0 0–3 (0%) — -0.02
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 2004 1434 102.5 -0.81 -1.09 0.825 45.2% +52 — — 25.0% -1.75 0–2 1–1 — +0.24
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 2005 1599 123.9 +0.40 +0.57 1.145 52.4% +22 — — 58.7% +0.63 3–3 (50%) 2–0 — +0.92
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 2006 1536 114.6 +0.33 -0.03 1.057 51.0% +86 -78 +4 42.7% -0.64 5–2 (71%) 4–3 (57%) 103.4 +1.98
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 2007 1507 107.1 -4.02 -1.30 0.886 47.3% +31 -34 — 35.1% -1.08 2–3 (40%) — — -0.06
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 1537 127.3 -1.18 +0.89 0.975 49.2% +65 -106 — 44.6% -0.43 5–7 (42%) 3–3 (50%) 100.6 -0.15
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 1457 91.0 -4.02 -2.76 0.657 40.6% +57 — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.46
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 1550 118.4 -1.30 +0.07 0.984 49.7% +24 -80 — 44.3% -0.20 7–3 (70%) 1–3 (25%) 103.7 +0.17
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 1628 121.1 -2.81 -2.10 0.862 46.6% -43 -25 — 36.0% -0.99 9–3 (75%) 6–4 (60%) 112.3 -0.96
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 1748 129.2 -1.39 +2.23 1.026 50.5% -15 -68 -277 53.1% -0.09 4–4 (50%) 5–4 (56%) 103.6 +1.06
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 1595 110.7 -2.33 -3.02 0.816 45.6% +53 -35 -186 28.6% -1.61 4–4 (50%) 2–3 (40%) 100.5 -1.31
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 1580 100.9 -3.45 -0.79 0.797 46.9% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 1–0 — -0.02
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 1566 97.6 -0.28 -2.45 0.372 36.0% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.10
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 — 1770 122.6 -1.79 -0.35 0.932 48.3% +28 -59 -161 41.3% -0.65 40–33 (55%) 25–25 (50%) 108.7 +0.48

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.