Kristie Ahn and Monica Niculescu will fight against each other in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 9. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.46
Kristie Ahn -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Kristie Ahn vs. Monica Niculescu
There is no head to head record between Kristie Ahn and Monica Niculescu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Kristie Ahn
Ranked no. 118, Kristie got to the qualifications after beating Caroline Dolehide 1-6 7-5 6-2 and Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Gorgodze (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ahn scored 73 points vs Gorgodze’s 56. Kristie was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ahn bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Kristie Ahn lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ahn put 69% of her first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Kristie broke Gorgodze 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ahn started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Ahn has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (202-153). 3-2 on grass in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ahn has an aggregate 22-14 match record in the last years on grass.
Ahn has a compiled 4-10 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously at Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.
Monica Niculescu
Ranked no. 193, the Romanian got to the qualifications after defeating Ulrikke Eikeri 6-3 6-3 and Asia Muhammad 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Monica had a good straight sets win against Muhammad (6-3 6-2). During the match Niculescu scored 68 points vs Muhammad’s 50. Monica was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Niculescu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Monica Niculescu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Niculescu put 82% of her first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. Monica broke Muhammad 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Niculescu started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.
Niculescu has an aggregate 7-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ahn | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 35 |
| Pts | 159-138 | 139-106 |
| Total Points | 297 | 245 |
| Winners | 61 | 62 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Ahn and Niculescu played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kristie Ahn dropped 1 set while Monica Niculescu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ahn has played 1 set more than Niculescu (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ahn played 9 games more than Niculescu. Kristie scored 61 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Niculescu struck 62 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ahn | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 98/142 | 105/121 |
| %1st in | 69% | 87% |
| 1st pts | 61/98 | 62/105 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 7/16 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 44% |
Ahn fired 2 aces (1 per match). Niculescu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ahn won 62% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Niculescu won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ahn | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 61% | 57% |
| Conceded | 15 | 21 |
| Saved | 8 | 15 |
| % Saved | 53% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
Ahn broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Ahn lost her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Niculescu conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ahn | ||||
| Q1 Dolehide |
Q2 Gorgodze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 44 | |
| pts | 86-82 | 73-56 | 159-138 | |
| Total points | 168 | 129 | 297 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 43/62 | 98/142 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 28/43 | 61/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 65% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/25 | 12/19 | 20/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 63% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 4/8 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 83% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Niculescu | ||||
| Q1 Eikeri |
Q2 Muhammad |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 71-56 | 68-50 | 139-106 | |
| Total points | 127 | 118 | 245 | |
| Winners | 33 | 29 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/65 | 46/56 | 105/121 | |
| % 1st in | 91% | 82% | 87% | |
| 1st pts | 33/59 | 29/46 | 62/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 63% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/6 | 4/10 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/12 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 | 21 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 7/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 70% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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