Monica Niculescu and Viktoriya Tomova will square off in the qualifications of Australian Open for the 1st time in their career.
Monica Niculescu: results and record
Ranked no. 128, the Romanian got to the qualifications after beating Anhelina Kalinina 7-67 6-2.
Previous match vs. Anhelina Kalinina
In the qualifications, Niculescu had a good straight sets win against Kalinina (7-67 6-2). During the match Niculescu scored 80 points vs. Kalinina’s 70. Monica was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Niculescu was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Monica Niculescu lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Niculescu put 67% of her first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Niculescu broke Kalinina 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Niculescu winning performance
Niculescu has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (668-541). 1-1 on hard in 2020 In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Niculescu has a 210-190 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Niculescu has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Romanian had to surrender in the 1st round 7-63 6-4 to Amanda Anisimova.
Viktoriya Tomova: results and record
Ranked no. 144, Tomova got to the qualifications after defeating Ankita Raina 6-2 7-62.
Previous match vs. Ankita Raina
In the qualifications, Tomova had a good straight sets win against Raina (6-2 7-62). During the match Tomova scored 88 points vs. Raina’s 70. Viktoriya was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomova blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Viktoriya Tomova was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Bulgarian broke Raina 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Tomova winning performance
Tomova has a negative record in the last 5 years having won 45% of her matches (53-64). 1-1 on hard in 2020 In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Tomova has a 46-56 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Viktoriya has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Tomova lost in the qualifications 4-6 6-2 7-66 to Varvara Lepchenko.
Australian Open Live score and result Monica Niculescu vs. Viktoriya Tomova
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Niculescu vs Tomova – Tournament Performance
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Niculescu | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 |
| Pts | 80-70 | 88-70 |
| Total Points | 150 | 158 |
| Winners | 37 | 33 |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% |
Both Niculescu and Tomova played 1 matche. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Niculescu and Tomova have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (21). Monica scored 37 winners (46% on total points). On the other side, Viktoriya blasted 33 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Niculescu | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 46/67 |
| %1st in | 67% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 33/46 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 52% |
Niculescu didn’t manage to fire a single aces to far. Tomova blasted 3 aces (3 per match). Niculescu won 66% points on her first serve. Unfortunately, she was [struggling a bit too much on] her second serve to win only 41% of the points. On the other side, Tomova won 72% points on her first serve. Unfortunately, she [was struggling a bit too much on] her second serve to win only 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Niculescu | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Niculescu broke her opponent 4 times with 67% conversion rate. Niculescu conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Tomova broke her opponent 4 times with 40% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Niculescu | |||
| Q1 Kalinina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-70 | 80-70 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tomova | |||
| Q1 Raina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 88-70 | 88-70 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/67 | 46/67 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Prediction and head to head Monica Niculescu vs. Viktoriya Tomova
There is no head to head record between Monica Niculescu and Viktoriya Tomova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.However, they played each other in challengers. Therefore their H2H is 1-0 for Niculescu.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Monica Niculescu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Monica Niculescu is the pick to win this match.
Monica Niculescu -> 1.50
Viktoriya Tomova -> 2.50
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