Monica Niculescu and Samantha Murray will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 10. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.49
Samantha Murray -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Monica Niculescu vs. Samantha Murray
There is no head to head record between Monica Niculescu and Samantha Murray since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Monica Niculescu
Ranked no. 216, Monica got to the qualifications after defeating Maddison Inglis 6-4 6-75 6-2.
In the qualifications, Monica defeated Inglis (6-4 6-75 6-2). During the match, Niculescu scored 109 points vs Inglis’s 101. Niculescu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Niculescu bagged 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Monica Niculescu lost the serve once and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Niculescu put 74% of her first serves in, winning 72% (55/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Monica broke Inglis 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Niculescu has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (229-196). 1-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Niculescu has an aggregate 119-106 match record in the last years on hard.
Monica has an overall 9-11 win-loss record in 2021, 1-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2011. See her history.
Samantha Murray
Ranked no. 263, Murray got to the qualifications after beating Richel Hogenkamp 6-2 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Brit defeated Hogenkamp (6-2 3-6 7-5). During the match Murray scored 100 points vs Hogenkamp’s 88. Murray was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Murray scored 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Samantha Murray lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Murray put 78% of her first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Murray broke Hogenkamp 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Samantha has an overall 3-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Niculescu | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 29 |
| Pts | 109-101 | 100-88 |
| Total Points | 210 | 188 |
| Winners | 55 | 45 |
| %Winners | 50% | 45% |
Both Niculescu and Murray played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Monica Niculescu dropped 1 set, while Samantha Murray dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Niculescu and Murray have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Niculescu played 2 games more than Murray. The Romanian scored 55 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Samantha bagged 45 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Niculescu | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 76/103 | 66/85 |
| %1st in | 74% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 55/76 | 45/66 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 10/19 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 53% |
Niculescu blasted 2 aces . Murray bagged 6 aces . Niculescu won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Murray won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Niculescu | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 40% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 89% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Monica broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Niculescu lost her serve once and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded. Murray broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Niculescu | |||
| Q1 Inglis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 109-101 | 109-101 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 76/103 | 76/103 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 55/76 | 55/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Murray | |||
| Q1 Hogenkamp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 100-88 | 100-88 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 66/85 | 66/85 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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