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

Yulia Putintseva vs Monica Niculescu H2H: 0-2

Monica Niculescu holds a 2–0 lead over Yulia Putintseva in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Monica Niculescu leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Monica Niculescu won the 2018 Miami Open first round 6-2 6-4.

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Yulia Putintseva
Kazakhstan Age 31 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"
H2H
0 – 2
2 main-draw meetings
Monica Niculescu
Romania Age 38 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Monica Niculescu #70 6-2 6-4 Yulia Putintseva #75 Match data Mar 22, 2018* R128 Miami Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Monica Niculescu #49 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 Yulia Putintseva #78 Match data Sep 23, 2015* R32 Guangzhou Open 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
Yulia Putintseva #84 #20 2,148 1,990 268 264 50.4% 0 0 0 0 4 4
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 Yulia Putintseva Monica Niculescu
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2010 0–1 0.0% #728 1,489 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2012 1–2 33.3% #123 1,489 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2013 5–12 29.4% #109 1,509 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2014 5–6 45.5% #115 1,554 0 0 2007 0–1 0.0% #152 1,490 0 0
20 2015 10–17 37.0% #77 1,520 0 0 2008 8–15 34.8% #48 1,543 0 0
21 2016 28–23 54.9% #33 1,655 0 0 2009 10–22 31.2% #103 1,522 0 0
22 2017 20–27 42.6% #52 1,606 0 0 2010 6–9 40.0% #82 1,574 0 0
23 2018 19–21 47.5% #44 1,655 0 0 2011 21–15 58.3% #30 1,757 0 0
24 2019 29–24 54.7% #34 1,763 0 2 2012 15–23 39.5% #58 1,639 0 0
25 2020 15–10 60.0% #28 1,837 0 2 2013 22–21 51.2% #59 1,635 0 1
26 2021 31–22 58.5% #42 1,808 0 3 2014 22–19 53.7% #46 1,688 0 2
27 2022 20–18 52.6% #51 1,740 0 3 2015 20–21 48.8% #39 1,676 0 2
28 2023 22–22 50.0% #66 1,748 0 3 2016 26–19 57.8% #38 1,758 0 3
29 2024 34–17 66.7% #29 1,934 0 4 2017 12–19 38.7% #77 1,622 0 3
30 2025 15–26 36.6% #71 1,740 0 4 2018 9–15 37.5% #99 1,591 0 3
31 2026 14–16 46.7% #84 1,737 0 4 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 Yulia Putintseva 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 2010 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2012 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2013 2 4 6 33.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2014 3 5 8 37.5% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2015 3 12 15 20.0% 6 4 10 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
21 2016 17 16 33 51.5% 10 4 14 71.4% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2009 6 13 19 31.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2017 14 18 32 43.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2010 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
23 2018 12 14 26 46.2% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2011 17 9 26 65.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
24 2019 16 17 33 48.5% 9 4 13 69.2% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2012 12 15 27 44.4% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2020 11 8 19 57.9% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2013 20 14 34 58.8% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2021 19 14 33 57.6% 11 7 18 61.1% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2014 18 14 32 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2022 7 9 16 43.8% 12 7 19 63.2% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — —
28 2023 13 14 27 48.1% 9 7 16 56.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2016 23 13 36 63.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
29 2024 19 12 31 61.3% 7 4 11 63.6% 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — 2017 11 13 24 45.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2025 11 17 28 39.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2018 9 14 23 39.1% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
31 2026 8 9 17 47.1% 6 6 12 50.0% 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 — 156 171 327 47.7% 94 68 162 58.0% 18 25 43 41.9% — — — — — 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 493/534 of Yulia Putintseva'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 Yulia Putintseva 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%
15 2010 1/1 0.0 2.0 54.5% 50.0% 35.0% 37.5% 50.0% 43.2% 37.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2012 2/3 6.5 5.5 51.0% 57.4% 39.3% 52.7% 83.3% 48.1% 45.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2013 16/17 2.3 3.0 61.9% 60.5% 45.0% 46.0% 45.4% 54.9% 42.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2014 11/11 1.3 3.1 63.0% 58.1% 44.3% 36.2% 51.4% 52.4% 43.5% 2007 1/1 0.0 4.0 57.4% 45.2% 34.8% 25.0% 100.0% 40.7% 30.8%
20 2015 23/27 1.1 2.6 63.3% 58.5% 53.3% 52.7% 39.7% 56.4% 40.3% 2008 19/23 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0%
21 2016 43/51 1.1 1.9 71.0% 58.8% 49.6% 55.4% 51.1% 56.2% 46.9% 2009 30/32 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8%
22 2017 46/48 1.7 2.8 65.9% 59.4% 44.5% 47.4% 48.4% 54.4% 44.5% 2010 12/15 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9%
23 2018 36/40 1.1 2.4 69.3% 59.0% 46.2% 41.7% 48.5% 54.8% 44.7% 2011 29/36 0.7 1.5 74.9% 55.3% 46.1% 44.2% 60.9% 52.3% 48.8%
24 2019 49/53 1.6 2.5 66.5% 61.6% 47.9% 49.5% 51.6% 56.8% 44.4% 2012 33/38 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3%
25 2020 25/25 0.9 2.3 69.0% 61.0% 43.7% 52.0% 49.1% 55.7% 44.9% 2013 37/43 0.8 1.5 74.6% 59.2% 45.9% 47.0% 52.2% 55.3% 49.4%
26 2021 52/53 1.2 2.5 68.5% 61.7% 49.4% 54.0% 50.9% 57.9% 46.2% 2014 34/41 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0%
27 2022 38/38 0.8 2.2 69.5% 61.9% 45.2% 51.2% 46.6% 56.7% 44.5% 2015 32/41 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1%
28 2023 42/45 1.1 2.0 73.4% 61.8% 44.0% 60.0% 48.6% 57.0% 44.3% 2016 41/46 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0%
29 2024 51/51 1.5 1.7 70.0% 62.4% 50.3% 57.0% 55.0% 58.9% 46.4% 2017 27/31 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9%
30 2025 28/41 1.5 2.5 71.0% 59.9% 43.6% 49.3% 51.1% 55.4% 39.7% 2018 23/24 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4%
31 2026 30/30 1.6 2.0 70.5% 58.9% 46.2% 54.1% 47.0% 55.2% 44.0% 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 — 493/534 1.3 2.3 68.6% 60.5% 46.9% 51.7% 49.6% 56.2% 44.5% — 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 Yulia Putintseva 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 2010 1490 97.2 +0.63 -0.74 0.656 40.0% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2012 1490 100.8 -0.19 -0.11 0.870 46.8% — — — 33.3% -1.67 — — — -0.09 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2013 1509 122.8 -0.51 -0.15 0.936 48.7% +19 +40 +9 33.3% -0.85 2–3 (40%) 1–5 (17%) 95.7 -0.80 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2014 1554 119.1 -1.23 -0.32 0.913 48.3% 0 +24 — 43.5% -1.09 1–2 (33%) 3–0 (100%) 102.5 -0.17 2007 1491 98.2 -0.35 +1.13 0.519 36.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05
20 2015 1521 113.7 -1.66 -1.36 0.924 48.1% -46 +102 — 36.7% -0.77 4–4 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 98.9 +0.11 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 2016 1656 137.1 +0.36 +2.58 1.071 51.5% -42 +126 -119 51.8% +0.15 8–7 (53%) 7–7 (50%) 103.1 +0.18 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 2017 1606 124.2 -1.52 +0.93 0.975 49.4% +11 +140 -128 41.2% -0.74 7–8 (47%) 6–2 (75%) 102.3 +0.67 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 2018 1656 123.1 -1.00 +0.88 0.990 49.7% -28 +80 -146 49.5% -0.07 6–7 (46%) 4–6 (40%) 97.9 +0.84 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 2019 1764 143.1 +0.18 +1.48 1.026 50.6% -45 +52 -186 53.8% +0.28 10–9 (53%) 8–7 (53%) 102.2 -0.93 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 2020 1838 137.2 -0.85 +1.84 1.013 50.3% -41 +5 — 56.1% +0.53 7–2 (78%) 1–4 (20%) 103.4 +0.51 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 2021 1808 137.8 +1.20 +2.65 1.098 51.8% -16 +31 — 57.9% +0.66 9–12 (43%) 7–4 (64%) 96.2 +0.54 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 2022 1741 133.0 +0.13 +0.85 1.028 50.6% -18 +119 -198 48.8% +0.07 7–5 (58%) 3–1 (75%) 102.8 +0.49 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 2023 1749 136.8 -0.38 +1.09 1.031 50.7% 0 +61 — 52.5% +0.28 7–10 (41%) 7–10 (41%) 95.4 -0.65 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 2024 1934 154.1 +2.34 +3.48 1.129 52.6% -78 -30 -86 61.2% +0.84 13–8 (62%) 7–6 (54%) 106.6 -2.42 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 2025 1740 136.4 -1.20 -2.42 0.889 47.5% +21 +86 -34 37.8% -0.66 4–4 (50%) 6–9 (40%) 96.6 +0.56 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 2026 1738 137.7 -1.35 +1.09 0.982 49.5% +32 +89 — 48.6% -0.15 6–8 (43%) 4–4 (50%) 98.4 -1.34 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 — 1991 141.3 -0.13 +1.27 1.017 50.3% -21 +72 -111 49.6% +0.02 91–89 (51%) 66–69 (49%) 100.3 -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.