Timea Bacsinszky vs Monica NiculescuIndian Wells Round of 64

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
37 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 March 2017 ·
hard
38 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWLW
Bacsinszky T.
7-5 6-2
Niculescu M.
Bacsinszky T.
762
Niculescu M.
520

Timea Bacsinszky defeated Monica Niculescu 7-5 6-2 in the Indian Wells round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Monica Niculescu came in leading the head-to-head 4–3, defending last year's round of 32. Timea Bacsinszky narrowed the head-to-head to 4–4.

Key context

Head to head

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DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-06-27WimbledonR64grassTimea Bacsinszky4-6 6-2 6-1
2015-06-29WimbledonR16grassTimea Bacsinszky1-6 7-5 6-2
2011-01-17Australian OpenR128hardMonica Niculescu6-0 6-3
2010-07-12PragueR32clayMonica Niculescu6-3 7-5
2009-06-08Marseille 100KR16clayTimea Bacsinszky6-3 6-0
2009-02-09ParisR32carpetMonica Niculescu6-4 6-3
2007-03-26Latina 50KR32clayMonica Niculescu6-1 6-4

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Clear edge
65%
78%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
46%
47%
Break points saved·Even
54%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.8
0.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.3
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (84 vs 185). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
45
18
Break points saved·Clear edge
26
7
Break points won·Even
91
93
Deciding sets·Dominant
73
21
Tiebreaks·Even
15
14

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw