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

Samantha Stosur vs Monica Niculescu H2H: 7-0

Samantha Stosur holds a 7–0 lead over Monica Niculescu in their WTA head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Samantha Stosur leads 7–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Samantha Stosur won the 2015 China Open first round 6-3 6-2.

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Samantha Stosur
AUS Age 42 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
7 – 0
7 main-draw meetings
Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Samantha Stosur #25 6-3 6-2 Monica Niculescu #46 Match data Oct 5, 2015 R64 China Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Samantha Stosur #21 4-0 (ret.) Monica Niculescu #39 Match data Aug 8, 2015* QF Washington Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Samantha Stosur #21 6-4 6-1 Monica Niculescu #49 Match data Jan 21, 2015* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Samantha Stosur #9 6-4 1-6 6-3 Monica Niculescu #60 Match data Feb 14, 2013* R32 Qatar Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Samantha Stosur #5 6-2 2-6 6-3 Monica Niculescu #31 Match data Feb 18, 2012* QF Qatar Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Samantha Stosur #19 6-1 6-2 Monica Niculescu #72 Match data Aug 5, 2009* R64 Los Angeles Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Samantha Stosur #20 6-1 7-5 Monica Niculescu #72 Match data Jul 31, 2009* R16 Bank of the West Classic Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 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
Samantha Stosur #531 #4 6,195 2,072 459 345 57.1% 1 0 0 2 6 9
Monica Niculescu #958 #28 1,960 1,779 179 214 45.5% 0 0 0 0 3 3

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 Samantha Stosur Monica Niculescu
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 2002 0–2 0.0% #245 1,475 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2003 2–4 33.3% #163 1,493 0 0 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0
20 2004 17–17 50.0% #65 1,605 0 0 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0
21 2005 18–22 45.0% #46 1,588 0 0 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0
22 2006 29–24 54.7% #29 1,747 0 0 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0
23 2007 15–15 50.0% #46 1,724 0 0 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0
24 2008 18–12 60.0% #52 1,754 0 0 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0
25 2009 38–20 65.5% #13 1,887 0 1 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1
26 2010 43–19 69.4% #6 1,931 0 2 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2
27 2011 46–21 68.7% #6 1,967 1 3 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2
28 2012 40–24 62.5% #9 1,873 1 3 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3
29 2013 40–22 64.5% #18 1,904 1 5 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3
30 2014 32–22 59.3% #22 1,860 1 6 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3
31 2015 34–22 60.7% #27 1,782 1 8 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3
32 2016 30–23 56.6% #21 1,702 1 8 2020 0–2 0.0% #144 1,586 0 3
33 2017 22–19 53.7% #41 1,731 1 9 2021 0–3 0.0% #274 1,519 0 3
34 2018 17–24 41.5% #74 1,655 1 9 — — — — — — —
35 2019 15–17 46.9% #99 1,631 1 9 — — — — — — —
36 2020 1–3 25.0% #112 1,607 1 9 — — — — — — —
37 2021 1–10 9.1% #382 1,518 1 9 — — — — — — —
38 2022 1–3 25.0% #529 1,506 1 9 — — — — — — —

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 Samantha Stosur Monica Niculescu
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 %
18 2002 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2003 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2004 12 11 23 52.2% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
21 2005 12 13 25 48.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2006 18 15 33 54.5% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
23 2007 6 7 13 46.2% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
24 2008 11 7 18 61.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2009 29 14 43 67.4% 6 4 10 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2010 22 14 36 61.1% 18 3 21 85.7% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2011 31 14 45 68.9% 12 5 17 70.6% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — —
28 2012 25 16 41 61.0% 14 5 19 73.7% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
29 2013 31 15 46 67.4% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2014 23 14 37 62.2% 8 5 13 61.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 2015 16 15 31 51.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
32 2016 11 15 26 42.3% 18 6 24 75.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
33 2017 10 13 23 43.5% 12 6 18 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2021 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
34 2018 3 13 16 18.8% 9 7 16 56.3% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2019 9 11 20 45.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2020 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2021 1 7 8 12.5% — — — — 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2022 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 274 224 498 55.0% 143 76 219 65.3% 36 41 77 46.8% 6 4 10 60.0% — 143 148 291 49.1% 20 40 60 33.3% 14 23 37 37.8% 2 3 5 40.0%

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 648/803 of Samantha Stosur's and 341/394 of Monica Niculescu'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 Samantha Stosur Monica Niculescu
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 2003 1/6 6.0 5.0 49.4% 74.4% 35.0% 33.3% 33.3% 54.4% 38.2% 2007 1/1 0.0 4.0 57.4% 45.2% 34.8% 25.0% 100.0% 40.7% 30.8%
20 2004 5/34 2.2 2.4 49.6% 64.1% 45.0% 55.6% 30.1% 54.4% 34.4% 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0%
21 2005 9/40 4.7 4.4 56.5% 70.7% 48.7% 49.9% 46.1% 61.2% 40.8% 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8%
22 2006 36/53 4.1 2.3 61.8% 64.6% 47.1% 51.1% 39.0% 58.2% 38.5% 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9%
23 2007 29/30 4.4 2.9 60.9% 66.0% 45.8% 59.0% 45.7% 57.6% 38.6% 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8%
24 2008 24/30 5.1 3.5 51.9% 71.1% 51.5% 59.2% 42.5% 61.4% 42.9% 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3%
25 2009 52/58 4.8 3.5 58.8% 68.8% 50.7% 61.2% 53.9% 61.1% 43.5% 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4%
26 2010 59/62 4.8 3.2 60.0% 70.7% 51.5% 57.8% 49.4% 63.0% 42.8% 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0%
27 2011 59/67 3.2 2.1 63.5% 71.2% 53.3% 62.1% 48.8% 64.6% 42.2% 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1%
28 2012 57/64 3.8 3.2 64.6% 68.1% 51.2% 59.1% 44.5% 62.1% 43.0% 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0%
29 2013 56/62 2.9 3.7 61.8% 68.1% 48.2% 61.2% 50.2% 60.3% 45.1% 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9%
30 2014 51/54 4.4 2.8 61.7% 69.1% 51.1% 55.0% 50.9% 62.3% 42.9% 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4%
31 2015 43/56 4.7 3.4 60.4% 69.7% 59.1% 58.6% 45.0% 65.5% 41.4% 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2%
32 2016 40/53 3.5 4.8 60.5% 64.9% 45.1% 52.4% 46.1% 57.1% 40.0% 2020 2/2 1.0 1.5 79.6% 49.7% 35.3% 49.4% 42.2% 46.7% 40.2%
33 2017 39/41 3.8 2.9 62.6% 67.3% 48.7% 54.2% 47.9% 60.4% 44.2% 2021 3/3 0.3 1.3 74.9% 47.5% 49.1% 46.0% 50.0% 46.5% 36.7%
34 2018 40/42 4.1 3.3 60.6% 65.0% 47.7% 50.5% 45.7% 58.2% 37.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2019 30/32 4.2 4.5 58.8% 65.9% 40.1% 52.8% 41.5% 55.3% 40.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2020 4/4 2.3 3.8 69.9% 61.3% 34.5% 40.5% 31.5% 53.8% 36.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2021 10/11 2.8 3.7 64.7% 59.4% 36.6% 53.1% 31.7% 51.3% 32.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2022 4/4 3.8 4.3 59.3% 59.0% 38.3% 25.7% 34.2% 51.4% 38.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 648/805 4.0 3.3 60.9% 67.9% 49.4% 56.7% 46.6% 60.6% 41.7% — 341/394 0.9 1.8 73.4% 56.9% 44.8% 46.4% 50.7% 53.3% 46.5%

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 Samantha Stosur Monica Niculescu
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
18 2002 1476 94.7 — — — — — — — 20.0% -3.20 0–1 — — +0.06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2003 1493 117.7 +0.87 +0.74 0.837 46.5% +24 — — 35.7% 0.00 1–1 0–5 (0%) — -0.19 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05
20 2004 1606 118.2 -0.27 -2.88 0.756 44.8% +5 -91 -21 51.3% -0.46 3–5 (38%) 7–2 (78%) 102.6 -1.27 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 2005 1589 131.3 +2.67 -1.67 1.051 50.5% +30 -61 -33 44.9% -0.27 5–8 (38%) 6–10 (38%) 95.4 -0.78 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 2006 1748 143.1 +1.45 -3.76 0.920 48.0% +2 -155 -135 52.2% +0.09 7–6 (54%) 3–8 (27%) 98.8 -0.70 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 2007 1724 135.6 +1.83 -2.92 0.911 48.6% -2 -43 -124 50.7% +0.19 5–4 (56%) 2–6 (25%) 98.6 -2.25 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 2008 1755 134.8 +4.41 +0.22 1.111 52.1% -11 -77 -81 58.1% +0.69 2–4 (33%) 2–2 (50%) 96.0 -0.47 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
25 2009 1888 154.7 +5.39 +0.57 1.119 52.5% -7 -129 -180 63.0% +0.94 10–11 (48%) 10–5 (67%) 104.0 -1.65 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
26 2010 1932 159.5 +7.09 +0.23 1.156 52.9% -40 +78 -207 63.9% +1.12 14–6 (70%) 10–9 (53%) 107.5 -1.75 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
27 2011 1968 158.2 +8.42 -0.10 1.193 53.4% -20 +28 -223 64.2% +1.11 12–7 (63%) 8–6 (57%) 102.1 -0.95 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
28 2012 1873 150.5 +5.95 +0.23 1.134 52.5% +7 +160 -197 58.8% +0.71 13–11 (54%) 8–14 (36%) 93.9 +1.71 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
29 2013 1904 152.1 +4.49 +1.51 1.138 52.7% +14 +46 -214 63.6% +1.01 11–9 (55%) 6–4 (60%) 99.3 +1.39 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
30 2014 1860 149.0 +5.95 +0.29 1.140 52.5% +6 +80 -205 59.0% +0.65 6–12 (33%) 7–6 (54%) 90.0 -1.01 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
31 2015 1783 141.4 +5.95 +0.02 1.201 53.3% -26 +170 -121 55.7% +0.79 10–6 (63%) 3–8 (27%) 96.9 -0.45 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 2016 1702 133.6 +1.07 -2.01 0.933 48.8% -49 +307 -57 50.9% -0.12 12–4 (75%) 7–8 (47%) 102.9 -0.09 2020 1587 99.7 -1.05 +1.06 0.754 43.7% — — — 33.3% -2.34 0–2 — — -0.11
33 2017 1732 137.4 +3.91 +0.24 1.115 52.4% -86 +251 — 55.6% +0.41 6–11 (35%) 6–0 (100%) 99.3 +0.51 2021 1519 98.6 -2.42 -0.40 0.685 41.9% — — — 0.0% -3.17 — — — -0.37
34 2018 1655 126.0 +1.35 -4.20 0.900 48.1% -67 +228 +30 40.0% -0.64 3–4 (43%) 2–7 (22%) 93.2 -0.94 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2019 1631 116.9 -0.46 -2.06 0.900 47.9% -38 +150 +51 46.7% -0.59 6–5 (55%) 6–0 (100%) 106.9 +0.48 2023 1531 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2020 1607 111.3 -1.57 -0.87 0.795 45.4% -26 — — 25.0% -2.25 — 2–0 — -0.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2021 1518 99.9 -2.40 -3.51 0.673 42.9% -10 — +80 20.0% -2.40 0–3 (0%) — — +0.44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2022 1506 100.9 -2.15 -2.55 0.791 45.1% +8 — — 22.2% -1.55 1–0 0–3 (0%) — +0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2072 148.5 +4.28 -0.68 1.059 51.2% -13 +101 -98 55.2% +0.39 127–118 (52%) 95–103 (48%) 95.8 -0.97 — 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

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.