Monica Niculescu and Elitsa Kostova will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10 am on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Monica Niculescu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Monica Niculescu is the pick to win this match.
Monica Niculescu -> 1.26
Elitsa Kostova -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Monica Niculescu vs. Elitsa Kostova
This will be the 3rd time that Monica Niculescu and Elitsa Kostova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Niculescu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Niculescu won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the 1100027518 back in 1970.
Monica Niculescu
Ranked no. 141, Monica got to the 1st round after beating Chihiro Muramatsu 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Muramatsu (6-2 7-5). During the match Niculescu scored 70 points vs Muramatsu’s 53. Monica was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Niculescu scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 4 double faults. Monica Niculescu lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Niculescu put 50% of her first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Niculescu broke Muramatsu 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Niculescu has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (256-206). 2-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Niculescu has a 31-36 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Romanian has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Monica didn’t play at the French Open in 2019.
Elitsa Kostova
Ranked no. 212, Elitsa got to the 1st round after defeating Gabriela Ce 7-5 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Bulgarian defeated Ce (7-5 3-6 6-2). During the match Kostova scored 110 points vs Ce’s 102. Elitsa was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kostova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elitsa Kostova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kostova put 72% of her first serves in, winning 56% (42/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Kostova broke Ce 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Kostova has a 3-8 win-loss record in 2020, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Kostova didn’t play at the French Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Niculescu | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 |
| Pts | 70-53 | 110-102 |
| Total Points | 123 | 212 |
| Winners | 24 | 42 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Niculescu and Kostova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elitsa Kostova surrendered 1 set while Monica Niculescu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Niculescu has played 1 set(s) less than Kostova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Niculescu played 9 games less than Kostova. Monica scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Elitsa struck 42 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Niculescu | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/56 | 75/104 |
| %1st in | 50% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 42/75 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Niculescu fired 1 ace . Kostova also fired 1 ace . Niculescu won 86% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kostova won 56% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Niculescu | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 54% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Monica broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Niculescu lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Kostova broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Niculescu | |||
| Q1 Muramatsu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kostova | |||
| Q1 Ce |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 110-102 | 110-102 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 75/104 | 75/104 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 42/75 | 42/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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