Monica Niculescu and Francesca Jones will square off in the qualifications of the Phillip Island Trophy for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on Court 16. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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 -> 1.5
Francesca Jones -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Monica Niculescu vs. Francesca Jones
This will be the 2nd time that Monica Niculescu and Francesca Jones fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Jones (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Jones won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open Qualifying back in January 2021.
Monica Niculescu
Ranked no. 146, Monica will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 7-5 6-4 to Siegemund in the 1st round on the 1st of February.
The Romanian has a 0-2 win-loss record in 2021, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Monica has an overall 467-343 record. She has a positive 223-162 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
Niculescu capitulated in the 1st round to Alize Cornet.
Francesca Jones
Ranked no. 245, Francesca will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Rogers in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
Jones has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Francesca has an overall 121-68 record. She has a positive 15-11 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
Jones didn’t play in Melbourne in 2020.
Head 2 Head
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