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

Timea Babos vs Monica Niculescu H2H: 2-2

Timea Babos and Monica Niculescu are tied 2–2 in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on hard courts. Most recently, Timea Babos won the 2016 St. Petersburg second round 4-6 6-1 6-3.

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Timea Babos
Hungary Age 33 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"
H2H
2 – 2
4 main-draw meetings
Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Timea Babos #51 4-6 6-1 6-3 Monica Niculescu #37 Match data Feb 12, 2016* R16 St. Petersburg Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Timea Babos #70 6-1 6-4 Monica Niculescu #39 Match data Jan 8, 2016* R16 Shenzhen International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Monica Niculescu #51 7-5 6-2 Timea Babos #123 Match data Apr 6, 2013* QF Monterrey Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Monica Niculescu #75 6-3 6-2 Timea Babos #133 Match data Mar 2, 2013* QF Florianopolis International → modern equivalent WTA 250 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
Timea Babos #451 #25 1,675 1,758 124 180 40.8% 0 0 0 0 3 3
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 Timea Babos Monica Niculescu
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2010 0–1 0.0% #268 1,491 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2011 1–1 50.0% #154 1,503 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2012 14–15 48.3% #67 1,564 0 1 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0
20 2013 9–16 36.0% #88 1,544 0 1 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0
21 2014 4–11 26.7% #99 1,484 0 1 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0
22 2015 12–21 36.4% #70 1,563 0 1 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0
23 2016 35–28 55.6% #28 1,707 0 1 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0
24 2017 20–26 43.5% #57 1,639 0 2 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0
25 2018 19–24 44.2% #59 1,609 0 3 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1
26 2019 6–16 27.3% #89 1,594 0 3 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2
27 2020 0–6 0.0% #115 1,540 0 3 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2
28 2021 3–9 25.0% #160 1,495 0 3 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3
29 2022 0–1 0.0% #336 1,454 0 3 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3
30 2023 1–3 25.0% #188 1,480 0 3 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3
31 2024 0–2 0.0% #338 1,450 0 3 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 Timea Babos 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 %
17 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2011 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2012 7 6 13 53.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2013 6 11 17 35.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
21 2014 2 8 10 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2015 6 11 17 35.3% 4 7 11 36.4% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
23 2016 25 19 44 56.8% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
24 2017 19 17 36 52.8% 1 5 6 16.7% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2018 17 16 33 51.5% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2019 5 13 18 27.8% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2020 0 5 5 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — —
28 2021 3 5 8 37.5% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
29 2022 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2023 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 2024 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 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 — 90 113 203 44.3% 25 45 70 35.7% 9 22 31 29.0% — — — — — 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 283/304 of Timea Babos'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 Timea Babos 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%
17 2010 1/1 4.0 2.0 57.1% 61.1% 37.0% 50.0% 16.7% 50.8% 33.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2011 2/2 2.5 2.5 60.9% 71.5% 44.6% 50.0% 51.0% 61.3% 43.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2012 26/29 5.0 4.3 60.5% 65.8% 43.9% 52.1% 43.9% 57.0% 41.9% 2007 1/1 0.0 4.0 57.4% 45.2% 34.8% 25.0% 100.0% 40.7% 30.8%
20 2013 24/25 4.5 3.8 57.6% 62.5% 43.5% 48.6% 46.0% 54.5% 39.3% 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0%
21 2014 13/15 5.7 4.2 60.5% 65.3% 43.7% 57.7% 37.2% 56.8% 38.9% 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8%
22 2015 25/33 3.3 3.3 67.1% 62.8% 48.2% 50.8% 42.4% 57.7% 38.1% 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9%
23 2016 57/63 4.5 3.6 62.3% 66.7% 46.0% 50.8% 46.3% 58.9% 43.2% 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8%
24 2017 46/46 4.6 3.5 62.3% 68.8% 43.7% 54.7% 49.3% 59.4% 40.0% 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3%
25 2018 42/43 4.4 4.0 60.0% 68.8% 46.8% 57.6% 44.3% 60.0% 41.8% 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4%
26 2019 22/22 3.9 4.5 58.6% 64.9% 40.5% 59.3% 38.6% 54.7% 37.9% 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0%
27 2020 6/6 1.0 3.5 59.2% 63.9% 42.1% 38.2% 45.8% 54.9% 31.3% 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1%
28 2021 12/12 4.3 4.3 55.0% 61.9% 39.8% 45.9% 48.4% 52.3% 37.6% 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0%
29 2022 1/1 3.0 4.0 60.6% 55.0% 46.2% 60.0% 25.0% 51.5% 38.6% 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9%
30 2023 4/4 1.8 4.3 62.9% 60.5% 40.4% 53.2% 74.6% 52.8% 42.7% 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4%
31 2024 2/2 9.0 3.5 57.7% 62.3% 54.4% 77.3% 19.6% 59.0% 34.4% 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 — 283/304 4.3 3.8 61.0% 66.0% 44.6% 53.1% 45.0% 57.6% 40.4% — 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 Timea Babos 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
17 2010 1491 99.7 +0.22 -2.30 0.677 42.5% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — -0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2011 1503 104.3 +0.80 +0.51 1.109 51.4% — — — 60.0% 0.00 0–1 1–0 — -0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2012 1564 115.8 +1.04 -1.36 0.976 49.4% +20 -33 +62 49.3% -0.38 5–8 (38%) 6–5 (55%) 101.9 +0.38 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05
20 2013 1544 111.1 -0.34 -3.76 0.862 46.9% +14 +4 — 38.6% -0.95 5–4 (56%) 5–3 (63%) 102.2 -0.12 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 2014 1484 110.0 -0.66 -2.53 0.902 47.8% -2 — +90 40.0% -0.17 1–6 (14%) 1–3 (25%) 91.7 +0.74 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 2015 1563 124.4 +0.04 -1.97 0.900 47.9% -39 -34 +34 38.2% -0.59 5–5 (50%) 4–8 (33%) 99.5 -2.03 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 2016 1708 138.3 +2.77 +0.15 1.051 51.1% -28 -88 -104 53.8% +0.53 11–9 (55%) 7–12 (37%) 101.7 -0.26 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 2017 1639 130.8 +1.85 -2.67 0.986 49.9% +63 -67 -124 48.6% -0.01 6–13 (32%) 6–6 (50%) 93.3 +1.56 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 2018 1610 134.0 +2.55 -1.23 1.046 50.9% +53 -69 -106 50.0% +0.25 3–11 (21%) 3–7 (30%) 88.6 +0.06 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 2019 1595 114.5 -1.44 -4.46 0.838 46.6% +29 -87 — 35.4% -1.15 1–7 (13%) 3–3 (50%) 93.4 +0.77 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 2020 1540 108.8 +0.56 -3.13 0.694 43.3% +28 — — 7.7% -2.85 0–1 1–0 — -0.09 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 2021 1496 105.1 -3.04 -3.61 0.789 45.0% +56 -88 — 29.2% -1.79 1–1 2–0 — +0.01 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 2022 1454 101.3 +1.41 -1.79 0.796 44.9% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — -0.06 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 2023 1481 113.2 -0.36 -1.04 0.905 48.0% — -15 — 33.3% -1.11 0–1 0–1 — +0.04 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 2024 1451 103.6 -0.62 +0.09 0.841 46.5% — — — 20.0% -1.60 0–1 0–2 — +0.13 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 — 1758 128.1 +1.05 -1.91 0.952 49.0% +18 -54 -13 44.6% -0.28 38–68 (36%) 39–50 (44%) 90.6 +0.30 — 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.