WTA 250 · Round of 16 · Hobart
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watson
🤖 Servebot
Niculescu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 59% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 512 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Heather Watson here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watson | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.87 | - |
| ROI % | +9.6% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.48u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
2
Watson
1
Niculescu
Sep 10, 2018
Quebec City
H Hard · Round of 32
Mar 7, 2016
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 64
Jan 11, 2016
Hobart
H Hard · Round of 16
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Watson | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60% | 0% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 57.6% | 0% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50% | 0% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 0 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2 | 0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 33.3% | 0% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 37.2% | 0% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 44.4% | 0% |
| BP Converted % | 25% | 0% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 45.9% | 0% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Heather Watson and Monica Niculescu face off in the Round of 16 at Hobart on Hard.
Heather Watson leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Heather Watson is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Maria Timofeeva (Jun 25).
Monica Niculescu is 0-5 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Aryna Sabalenka (Jun 28).
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