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Wimbledon: 25 June - 8 July 2012

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Photo Courtesy AELTC
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Monica Niculescu
Country:
Romania
Birth Date:
25 September 1987
Birthplace:
Slatina, Romania
Residence:
Bucharest, Romania
Height:
5 ft. 6 in. ( 1.68 metres )
Weight:
139 lbs. ( 63.2 kilos )
Plays
Right
Turned pro:
2002

Latest Photos

Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu strategize during their opening round doubles match.

Tournament Info

Wimbledon Championships Played: 5
Event(s) Entered:Ladies' Singles
Ladies' Doubles
     (with Irina-Camelia Begu)
Mixed Doubles
     (with Robert Farah)
Best Singles Performance: 2nd Round (2008, 2010, 2011)
Best Doubles Performance: 3rd Round (2009)

Player Overview

Career Singles Titles:
1
Career Doubles titles:
2
Career matches won:
71
Career matches lost:
90
Year to date matches Won:
11
Year to date matches lost:
5
Current 52 week rank for singles:
58
High rank for singles:
28
High rank for doubles:
24
Current 52 week rank for doubles:
38
High rank date for singles:
27 February 2012
High rank date for doubles:
7 June 2010
Career prize money:
$2,073,092 USD
Year to date prize money for singles:
$121,858 USD
Year to date prize money for doubles:
$20,027 USD
Grand Slam Singles Results
YearAustralian OpenRoland GarrosWimbledonUS Open
20081ST1ST2ND1ST
20092ND1ST1ST1ST
20101ST-2ND1ST
20113RD1ST2ND4TH
20123RD1ST1ST1ST
20131ST---


Grand Slam Doubles Results
YearAustralian OpenRoland GarrosWimbledonUS Open
2008-2ND2ND2ND
20092ND3RD3RD3RD
20103RDQF2ND3RD
20112ND3RD2ND1ST
2012QF2ND2ND1ST
20133RD---
Legend
WON = Champion
RUP = Runner-up
SF = Semi-finalist
QF = Quarter-finalist
4TH = Lost in fourth round
3RD = Lost in third round
2ND = Lost in second round
1ST = Lost in first round
Bio information courtesy of the WTA TOUR

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Court 17 - Ladies' Doubles
Pts
1
2
3
4
5
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU (15)
  Monica Niculescu ROU (15)
 
3
0
Retired
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 
  Sabine Lisicki GER 
 
6
2

Court 4 - Ladies' Doubles
Pts
1
2
3
4
5
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU (15)
  Monica Niculescu ROU (15)
 
6
6
 
 
3
2

Court 6 - Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Pts
1
2
3
4
5
 
Monica Niculescu ROU (29)
 
4
6
3

Court 6 - Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Pts
1
2
3
4
5
Robert Farah COL 
  Monica Niculescu ROU 
 
6
2
1
 
 
4
6
6

Round1R2R3R4RQFSFF
Sets played 3      
Tie breaks played 0      
Total games 28      
Winners 12      
Unforced errors 30      
Service points won 46      
Return games won 6      
Total points 87      
1st serves in 81      
% 1st serves in 84      
Total aces 1      
Total double faults 1      
1st serve points won 41      
% 1st serve points won 51      
% 2nd Serve points won 31      

Live Blog

21:07And there we must leave it. Thanks Wimbledon 2012, you were wet and weird (Lukas Rosol??) but mainly wonderful. Enjoy the break. In less than three weeks, we'll do it all again Olympic-stylee. SEE YOU!

21:04Lisa Raymond sticks the volley away to bring up three match points and they only need one. The American pair Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to win the mixed doubles title.

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