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

Vera Zvonareva vs Monica Niculescu H2H: 1-1

Vera Zvonareva and Monica Niculescu are tied 1–1 in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Monica Niculescu won the 2012 Qatar Open round of 32 7-5 3-2 RET.

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Vera Zvonareva
Russia Age 42 Right-Handed 172 cm / 5'8"
H2H
1 – 1
2 main-draw meetings
Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Monica Niculescu #31 7-5 3-2 (ret.) Vera Zvonareva #8 Match data Feb 16, 2012* R32 Qatar Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Vera Zvonareva #21 4-6 6-3 6-1 Monica Niculescu #123 Match data Mar 6, 2008* R32 Bangalore Tier II → 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
Vera Zvonareva #292 #2 7,935 2,089 466 270 63.3% 0 1 0 1 10 12
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 Vera Zvonareva Monica Niculescu
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2000 1–1 50.0% #349 1,512 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2002 19–11 63.3% #45 1,680 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2003 45–22 67.2% #13 1,848 0 1 — — — — — — —
19 2004 54–27 66.7% #11 1,926 0 2 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0
20 2005 21–21 50.0% #42 1,681 0 3 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0
21 2006 37–22 62.7% #24 1,886 0 5 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0
22 2007 30–14 68.2% #22 1,938 0 5 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0
23 2008 63–23 73.3% #7 2,024 0 7 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0
24 2009 34–14 70.8% #9 1,936 0 9 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0
25 2010 49–18 73.1% #2 2,055 0 10 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1
26 2011 54–22 71.1% #7 1,948 0 12 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2
27 2012 11–10 52.4% #95 1,847 0 12 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2
28 — — — — — — — 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3
29 2014 3–5 37.5% #251 1,772 0 12 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3
30 2015 7–8 46.7% #185 1,688 0 12 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3
31 — — — — — — — 2019 8–10 44.4% #118 1,638 0 3
32 2017 3–1 75.0% #200 1,689 0 12 2020 0–2 0.0% #144 1,586 0 3
33 2018 6–9 40.0% #109 1,707 0 12 2021 0–3 0.0% #274 1,519 0 3
34 2019 6–7 46.2% #159 1,682 0 12 — — — — — — —
35 2020 4–6 40.0% #164 1,733 0 12 — — — — — — —
36 2021 11–11 50.0% #81 1,764 0 12 — — — — — — —
37 2022 3–8 27.3% #357 1,719 0 12 — — — — — — —
38 2023 4–8 33.3% #272 1,687 0 12 — — — — — — —
41 2026 1–2 33.3% #292 1,648 0 12 — — — — — — —

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 Vera Zvonareva 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 %
15 2000 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2002 3 4 7 42.9% 15 5 20 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2003 19 14 33 57.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2004 35 18 53 66.0% 12 6 18 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 1 3 66.7% 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2005 11 12 23 47.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
21 2006 23 14 37 62.2% 5 5 10 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 2 1 3 66.7% 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2007 26 12 38 68.4% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
23 2008 47 18 65 72.3% 15 3 18 83.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
24 2009 31 11 42 73.8% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2010 37 12 49 75.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2011 42 16 58 72.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2012 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — —
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
29 2014 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2015 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
32 2017 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
33 2018 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2021 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
34 2019 6 3 9 66.7% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 4 5 9 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 7 6 13 53.8% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 3 8 11 27.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2023 4 6 10 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
41 2026 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 320 185 505 63.4% 100 55 155 64.5% 38 23 61 62.3% 8 7 15 53.3% — 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 483/704 of Vera Zvonareva'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 Vera Zvonareva 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%
18 2003 12/67 1.8 2.9 63.2% 66.5% 49.6% 59.9% 50.5% 59.9% 48.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2004 13/81 3.2 5.2 55.1% 70.0% 43.0% 60.1% 47.6% 57.6% 49.6% 2007 1/1 0.0 4.0 57.4% 45.2% 34.8% 25.0% 100.0% 40.7% 30.8%
20 2005 15/42 2.3 3.6 57.0% 70.3% 51.1% 58.3% 51.2% 61.7% 46.8% 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0%
21 2006 38/59 2.6 2.7 59.3% 64.2% 45.7% 47.3% 49.2% 56.8% 45.0% 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8%
22 2007 37/44 1.9 4.1 58.8% 67.9% 48.4% 51.5% 52.8% 59.8% 46.7% 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9%
23 2008 67/86 2.2 3.9 60.8% 68.8% 48.8% 53.1% 56.3% 60.9% 48.7% 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8%
24 2009 43/48 2.1 4.0 62.9% 68.5% 46.8% 60.9% 52.8% 60.7% 47.6% 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3%
25 2010 62/67 2.2 3.1 65.1% 67.0% 48.5% 55.9% 50.3% 60.6% 47.7% 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4%
26 2011 67/76 3.0 4.1 60.6% 69.9% 45.2% 54.3% 50.4% 60.1% 46.9% 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0%
27 2012 17/21 1.8 4.5 63.3% 63.7% 45.6% 53.7% 57.2% 56.9% 43.2% 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0%
29 2014 8/8 2.8 4.3 63.3% 60.9% 41.6% 37.9% 26.3% 53.7% 39.9% 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9%
30 2015 15/15 2.2 4.7 62.9% 61.5% 44.9% 53.8% 49.2% 55.1% 44.1% 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 18/18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2%
32 2017 4/4 0.5 2.5 67.7% 68.1% 52.8% 56.0% 49.5% 63.1% 45.0% 2020 2/2 1.0 1.5 79.6% 49.7% 35.3% 49.4% 42.2% 46.7% 40.2%
33 2018 15/15 1.7 3.4 61.8% 58.9% 47.4% 51.4% 50.0% 54.3% 45.2% 2021 3/3 0.3 1.3 74.9% 47.5% 49.1% 46.0% 50.0% 46.5% 36.7%
34 2019 13/13 1.6 4.3 65.3% 61.5% 43.8% 53.7% 46.1% 55.2% 38.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 10/10 2.2 2.0 63.7% 64.2% 49.2% 59.5% 54.3% 58.4% 40.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 21/22 1.8 3.4 67.1% 62.3% 41.4% 50.3% 50.8% 55.3% 44.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 11/11 1.4 3.5 66.6% 60.0% 48.4% 53.8% 45.5% 56.2% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2023 12/12 0.5 4.2 61.3% 59.4% 44.8% 56.4% 52.9% 54.0% 40.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
41 2026 3/3 0.7 2.3 68.7% 67.0% 35.3% 55.0% 28.2% 57.0% 38.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 483/736 2.2 3.7 62.0% 66.4% 46.7% 54.1% 51.0% 58.9% 46.0% — 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 Vera Zvonareva 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
15 2000 1513 109.7 — — — — — — — 40.0% +0.40 1–0 0–2 — +0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2002 1681 130.0 — — — — -116 +62 — 62.7% +0.87 3–6 (33%) 5–5 (50%) 98.7 +0.60 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2003 1849 149.5 +2.41 +2.44 1.198 53.8% -99 +67 -140 64.4% +1.28 13–13 (50%) 5–5 (50%) 98.7 +0.83 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2004 1926 159.6 +2.15 +4.28 1.171 53.5% -42 +34 -139 63.7% +0.91 12–12 (50%) 11–4 (73%) 104.9 -1.01 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05
20 2005 1682 124.3 +3.53 +1.85 1.223 53.6% +13 +211 +48 52.7% +0.41 4–7 (36%) 5–4 (56%) 93.2 +2.39 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 2006 1887 151.9 +1.25 +1.19 1.042 50.9% -32 -64 -5 60.0% +0.96 8–5 (62%) 7–4 (64%) 104.1 -4.89 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 2007 1938 159.4 +3.50 +2.92 1.164 53.1% -12 -46 — 64.9% +1.33 8–5 (62%) 4–6 (40%) 100.1 -1.53 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 2008 2025 162.7 +5.37 +4.63 1.247 54.7% +3 -53 -198 69.5% +1.65 18–8 (69%) 10–12 (45%) 105.2 +0.64 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 2009 1936 157.1 +4.96 +3.26 1.210 53.9% +35 — -104 70.2% +1.56 7–7 (50%) 5–7 (42%) 92.8 +0.96 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 2010 2056 160.9 +5.32 +4.46 1.210 53.7% +6 -183 -117 69.6% +1.38 8–4 (67%) 6–0 (100%) 106.1 -1.28 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 2011 1948 159.2 +4.89 +4.16 1.175 53.2% +20 -77 -4 64.2% +1.06 19–7 (73%) 7–8 (47%) 103.4 +0.93 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 2012 1848 114.1 +0.30 +0.09 1.003 50.1% +15 +5 +97 57.9% +0.24 4–0 (100%) 4–2 (67%) 103.9 +0.54 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 2014 1773 110.5 -0.59 -1.20 0.861 46.7% +16 — +161 42.1% -0.84 1–2 (33%) 0–2 — -0.26 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 2015 1688 118.9 -1.94 +1.69 0.982 49.6% +7 — — 51.6% -0.03 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) 98.5 -0.48 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 2017 1689 114.6 +3.30 +0.35 1.220 53.3% +1 — — 85.7% +2.43 1–0 — — -0.04 2020 1587 99.7 -1.05 +1.06 0.754 43.7% — — — 33.3% -2.34 0–2 — — -0.11
33 2018 1708 125.4 -0.84 +1.40 0.988 49.5% +3 +98 — 36.7% -0.40 1–1 0–4 (0%) — -0.15 2021 1519 98.6 -2.42 -0.40 0.685 41.9% — — — 0.0% -3.17 — — — -0.37
34 2019 1683 119.4 -0.92 -3.02 0.863 47.1% +48 +50 — 44.4% -0.37 3–0 (100%) 1–1 — +0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 1734 131.1 +1.29 -1.13 0.967 49.4% +37 — — 43.5% -0.48 1–2 (33%) — — -0.02 2023 1531 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 1765 134.8 -0.98 +0.91 0.984 49.7% -16 +67 +165 53.3% +0.22 3–2 (60%) 2–5 (29%) 97.6 -0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 1720 126.8 -0.37 -0.35 0.927 48.4% -5 — — 36.0% -0.80 0–3 (0%) — — -0.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2023 1688 120.5 -1.17 -1.18 0.877 47.7% -2 — — 31.8% -1.09 1–1 2–0 — -0.81 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2024 1621 95.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
41 2026 1649 127.3 +0.98 -0.32 0.887 47.1% — — — 28.6% -1.00 1–0 — — +0.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2089 155.3 +3.01 +2.61 1.118 52.3% -8 +18 -32 61.5% +0.93 118–87 (58%) 76–72 (51%) 100.2 -0.48 — 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.