Monica Niculescu and Carole Monnet will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 am on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.57
Carole Monnet -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Monica Niculescu vs. Carole Monnet

There is no head to head record between Monica Niculescu and Carole Monnet since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Monica Niculescu

Ranked no. 175, the Romanian got to the qualifications after defeating Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Niculescu defeated Bonaventure (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match, Niculescu scored 98 points vs Bonaventure’s 87. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Niculescu scored just 1 ace in the match and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Monica Niculescu lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Niculescu put 78% of her first serves in, winning 56% (41/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Bonaventure 8 times after converting 53% of her break points (8/15).

Niculescu has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (221-193). 1-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Niculescu has a compiled 29-33 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Monica has a composed 1-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014. See her history.

French Open
Niculescu's Record

Carole Monnet

Ranked no. 381, Monnet reached the qualifications after beating Isabella Shinikova 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Monnet had a good straight sets win against Shinikova (6-3 6-3). During the match Monnet scored 63 points vs Shinikova’s 48. Carole was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about serving, Monnet scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 7 double faults. Carole Monnet lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Monnet put 63% of her first serves in, winning 52% (16/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Shinikova 8 times after converting 47% of her break points (8/17).

Monnet has a composed 13-13 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See her history.

French Open
Monnet's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Niculescu
C. Monnet
!
1h:59
1h:59
Time on court​
1h:04
1h:04
1h:59
1h:59
Last match​
1h:04
1h:04
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
18
18
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
98
98
Total points​
63
63
98
98
Avg point​
63
63
41
41
Winners
16
16
41
41
Avg Winners​
16
16
42%
42%
Ratio winners
25%
25%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
1
1
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
7
7
0
0
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
41/73
41/73
1st won total​
16/31
16/31
56%
56%
1st won %
52%
52%
7/21
7/21
2nd won total​
7/18
7/18
!
33%
33%
2nd won %
!
39%
39%
-- Break Points --
8/15
8/15
BP won
8/17
8/17
8/15
8/15
Avg BP won
8/17
8/17
!
53%
53%
Won
47%
47%
12
12
Conceded
8
8
12
12
Avg Conceded
8
8
5
5
Broken
5
5
!
5
5
Avg Broken
!
5
5
7
7
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Niculescu Monnet
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 26 18
Pts 98-87 63-48
Total Points 185 111
Winners 41 16
%Winners 42% 25%

Both Niculescu and Monnet played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Monica Niculescu conceded 1 set while Carole Monnet hasn’t dropped a set so far. Niculescu has played 1 set more than Monnet (3 vs 2). Therefore, Niculescu played 8 games more than Monnet. Monica scored 41 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Monnet managed to score 16 winners (25%).

Serve Performance

Serve Niculescu Monnet
Aces 1 1
Avg per match 1 1
1st in 73/94 31/49
%1st in 78% 63%
1st pts 41/73 16/31
%1st pts 56% 52%
2nd pts 7/21 7/18
%2nd pts 33% 39%

Niculescu blasted 1 ace . Monnet also blasted 1 ace . Niculescu won 56% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Monnet won 52% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Niculescu Monnet
Won 8 8
Converted 8/15 8/17
% Converted 53% 47%
Conceded 12 8
Saved 7 3
% Saved 58% 38%
Times Broken 5 5

The Romanian broke her opponent 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Niculescu dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Monnet conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded.

Niculescu
Q1
Bonaventure
Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 98-87 98-87
Total points 185 185
Winners 41 41
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 73/94 73/94
% 1st in 78% 78%
1st pts 41/73 41/73
% 1st pts 56% 56%
2nd pts 7/21 7/21
% 2nd pts 33% 33%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/15 8/15
Converted % 53% 53%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 7/12 7
Saved % 58% 58%
Times Broken 5 5
Monnet
Q1
Shinikova
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 63-48 63-48
Total points 111 111
Winners 16 16
%Winners 25% 25%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 31/49 31/49
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 16/31 16/31
% 1st pts 52% 52%
2nd pts 7/18 7/18
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/17 8/17
Converted % 47% 47%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 3/8 3
Saved % 38% 38%
Times Broken 5 5

Tennis Scores at the French Open

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