Career finalsDisciplineTypeWonLostTotalSinglesGrand Slam––––Summer Olympics––––WTA Finals––––WTA 1000––––WTA Tour3580.38Total3580.38DoublesGrand Slam0110.00Summer Olympics––––WTA Finals––––WTA 10000330.00WTA Tour1219290.34Total1223350.30Total1328410.32
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2022 French Open. Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022 SR W–L Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R2R1R3R3R1R3R1R2R1R1R1R1RQ1A0 / 138–13French OpenAA1R1RQ31R1R1R2R1R1R1RAA1RQ3A0 / 101–10WimbledonAA2R1R2R2R1R1R1R4R2R1R1R2RNH1RA0 / 138–13US OpenAA1R1R1R4R1R1R2R2R3R3R1R1RAQ3A0 / 129–12Win–loss0–00–01–41–41–36–42–40–44–44–44–42–40–31–30–20–10–00 / 4826–48National representationSummer OlympicsNHANHANH2RNHA0 / 01–0WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenNMS2R2RAQ2QF2R3R1R3RA3RQ2AQ1A0 / 812–8Indian Wells OpenAAA1RQ12R2R2R2R2R3R2R1RQ1NHAA0 / 96–9Miami OpenAAA1RA2R2R1R1R2R4R1R3R3RNHQ1A0 / 108–10Madrid OpenNH1RA1R1RQ11RQ21R1RAANHAA0 / 60–6Italian OpenAA2R1RAA1R1RQ2Q21R1RAAAAA0 / 61–6Canadian OpenAA2R1R1RQ2AAAA2RA1RANHA0 / 52–5Cincinnati OpenNMSA2R1RA2RQ2Q1Q1Q1Q1AAA0 / 32–3Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAA1RAA2RA1R1RANH0 / 41–4China OpenNMSAQ1SF2R2R1R1RQ22RQ1Q1NH0 / 67–6Career statisticsCareer20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022 SR W–L Win %Tournaments0115229152322202120191511230Career total: 218Titles00000001101000000Career total: 3Finals00000111112100000Career total: 8Overall win–loss0–00–18–1510–226–921–1515–2322–2122–1920–2126–2011–209–148–100–20–30–03 / 218178–215Year-end ranking222179471018330586047393910078116144267$6,525,428
Doubles Current after the 2023 Dubai Open. Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2R3R2RQF3R2R2R1R1RSF3R3R1RA3R0 / 1421–14French OpenAA2R3RQF3R2R3R2R1RAAAA2R3R2R1R0 / 1216–12WimbledonAA2R3R2R2R2R1R2R2R1RF3R3RNH2R1R1R0 / 1518–15US OpenAA2R3R3R1R1R1R2R2R3R3R2R1RAQF1R1R0 / 1515–15Win–loss0–00–03–37–48–44–45–44–44–43–42–37–37–34–33–26–41–32–40 / 5670–56Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANHANH1RNH2RNH0 / 21–2WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenNMSQFQFA2R1RAQFQF2RAA1RA2R1RQF0 / 1112–11Indian Wells OpenAAAQF1R1R2R1R1R2R2R1RQF2RNHAQF1R0 / 210–13Miami OpenAAA1R2R2RSF1R2RQFSF1R1RQFNH1R1R2R0 / 1414–14Madrid OpenNH2RA1R2RA2R1R1R2RAANH1RAQF0 / 96–9Italian OpenAAAAAA1RQF2R2RSF1RAA2R1R1R2R0 / 109–10Canadian OpenAA1R1RSF2RAAAAF2R1RAAA2R1R0 / 1010–10Cincinnati OpenAA1RSFQF1RA1R1R1RQFF1RANHA1RA0 / 1011–10Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAA1RA1RFAA2RANH0 / 44–3China OpenNMSAA1R1RAA1R2R2R2R1RNH2R0 / 84–8Career statisticsTitles000100102031010100Career total: 10Finals001221313353021220Career total: 31Overall win–loss0–03–215–1628–2028–1816–2028–1810–1626–1624–1832–1422–1511–919–1110–621–1521–187–510 / 321–237Win %Career total: Year-end ranking15913135303050277038331923484753394741
Mixed doubles Tournament2009201020112012...2022W–LAustralian OpenA1R1RAA0–2French OpenA1RAAA0–1Wimbledon2R2RA1R2–3US Open1RAAA0–1Win–loss1–21–30–10–12–7
Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2017Wimbledon Grass Chan Hao-ching Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 0–6, 0–6
Other significant finals
Premier-Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2015Wuhan Open Hard Irina-Camelia Begu Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 2–6, 3–6Loss 2016Canadian Open Hard Simona Halep Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss 2017Cincinnati Open Hard Hsieh Su-wei Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (3–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Luxembourg Open, LuxembourgInternationalHard (i) Victoria Azarenka2–6, 2–6Loss0–2Luxembourg Open, LuxembourgInternationalHard (i) Venus Williams2–6, 3–6Win1–2Brasil Tennis Cup, BrazilInternationalHard Olga Puchkova6–2, 4–6, 6–4Win2–2Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard Alizé Cornet6–4, 6–0Loss2–3Nottingham Open, United KingdomInternationalGrass Ana Konjuh6–1, 4–6, 2–6Loss2–4Korea Open, South KoreaInternationalHardWin3–4Luxembourg Open, LuxembourgInternationalHard (i) Petra Kvitová6–4, 6–0Loss3–5Hobart International, AustraliaInternationalHard Elise Mertens3–6, 1–6
Doubles: 38 (12 titles, 26 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (0–1)WTA 1000 (0–3)WTA 500 (3–6)WTA 250 (9–16)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Connecticut Open, United StatesTier IIHard Sorana Cîrstea Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond6–4, 5–7, [7–10]Win1–1Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryInternationalClay Alisa Kleybanova Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko6–4, 7–6(7–5)Loss1–2Bank of the West Classic, United StatesPremierHard Chan Yung-jan Serena Williams Venus Williams1–6, 4–6Loss1–3Hobart International, AustraliaInternationalHard Chan Yung-jan Květa Peschke Chuang Chia-jung6–3, 3–6, [7–10]Loss1–4Prague Open, Czech RepublicInternationalClay Ágnes Szávay Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin5–7, 6–7(4–7)Loss1–5Baku Cup, AzerbaijanInternationalHard Galina Voskoboeva Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek3–6, 6–2, [8–10]Win2–5Hobart International, AustraliaInternationalHard Irina-Camelia Begu Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]Loss2–6Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard Jarmila Gajdošová Zhang Shuai6–2, 2–6, [8–10]Loss2–7Luxembourg Open, LuxembourgInternationalHard (i) Irina-Camelia Begu Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká3–6, 4–6Loss2–8Eastbourne International, United KingdomPremierGrass Klára Koukalová Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik3–6, 3–6Win3–8Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Klára Koukalová Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok6–3, 6–4Win4–8Hobart International, Australia (2)InternationalHard Klára Koukalová Lisa Raymond Zhang Shuai6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]Loss4–9Katowice Open, PolandInternationalHard (i) Klára Koukalová Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk4–6, 7–5, [7–10]Loss4–10Hobart International, AustraliaInternationalHard Vitalia Diatchenko Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson5–7, 3–6Loss4–11Wuhan Open, ChinaPremier 5Hard Irina-Camelia Begu Martina Hingis Sania Mirza2–6, 3–6Loss4–12Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremierHard (i) Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina3–6, 7–6(9–7), [5–10]Win5–12Shenzhen Open, China (2)InternationalHard Vania King Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai6–1, 6–4Win6–12Washington Open, United StatesInternationalHard Yanina Wickmayer Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki6–4, 6–3Loss6–13Canadian Open, CanadaPremier 5Hard Simona Halep Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win7–13Connecticut Open, United StatesPremierHard Sania Mirza Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung7–5, 6–4Loss7–14Luxembourg Open, LuxembourgInternationalHard (i) Patricia Maria Țig Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson6–4, 5–7, [9–11]Win8–14Open Biel Bienne, SwitzerlandInternationalHard (i) Hsieh Su-wei Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis5–7, 6–3, [10–7]Loss8–15Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Chan Hao-ching Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina0–6, 0–6Loss8–16Cincinnati Open, United StatesPremier 5Hard Hsieh Su-wei Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Win9–16Hua Hin Championships, ThailandInternationalHard Irina-Camelia Begu Anna Blinkova Wang Yafan2–6, 6–1, [12–10]Loss9–17Bronx Open, United StatesInternationalHard Margarita Gasparyan Darija Jurak María José Martínez Sánchez5–7, 6–2, [7–10]Loss9–18Prague Open, Czech RepublicInternationalClay Raluca Olaru Lucie Hradecká Kristýna Plíšková2–6, 2–6Loss9–19Qatar Ladies Open, QatarWTA 500Hard Jeļena Ostapenko Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs2–6, 6–2, [8–10]Win10–19Astana Open, KazakhstanWTA 250Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova6–2, 4–6, [10–5]Loss10–20Grand Prix Lalla Meryem, MoroccoWTA 250Clay Alexandra Panova Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]Loss10–21Nottingham Open, United KingdomWTA 250Grass Caroline Dolehide Beatriz Haddad Maia Zhang Shuai6–7(2–7), 3–6Loss 10–22 Bad Homburg Open, Germany WTA 250 Grass Eri Hozumi Ingrid Martins Lidziya Marozava 0–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss 10–23 Aug 2023Washington Open, United StatesWTA 500 Hard Alexa Guarachi Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 4–6Win 11–23 Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceWTA 500 Clay Cristina Bucșa Asia Muhammad Aldila Sutjiadi 3–6, 6-4, [10-6]Win 12–23 Monterrey Open, MexicoWTA 500 Hard Guo Hanyu Alexandra Panova Giuliana Olmos 3-6, 6-3, [10-4]Loss 12–24 Oct 2024 Japan Women's Open, Japan WTA 250 Hard Cristina Bucșa Laura Siegemund Ena Shibahara 6-3, 2-6, [2-10]Loss12–25Hobart International, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Fanny Stollár Xinyu Jiang Wu Fang-Hsien1–6, 6–7Loss12–26 Nov 2025 Chennai Open, India WTA 250 Hard Storm Hunter Aldila Sutjiadi Janice Tjen 5–7, 4–6
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 WTA 125 Limoges, France Hard (i) Antonia Lottner 6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 WTA 125 Angers, France Hard (i) Vera Zvonareva Tereza Mihalíková Greet Minnen 6–4, 1–6, [8–10]Win 1–1 WTA 125 Limoges, France Hard (i) Vera Zvonareva Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet 6–4, 6–4Loss 1–2 WTA 125 Iași, Romania Clay Irina Bara Veronika Erjavec Dalila Jakupović 4–6, 4–6Win 2–2 WTA 125 Angers, France Hard (i) Cristina Bucsa Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova 6–1, 6–3Loss 2–3 WTA 125 Paris, France Clay Zhu Lin Aldila Sutjiadi Asia Muhammad 6–7, 6–4, [9–11]Win 3–3Oct 2024 Hong Kong 125 Open, China SARHard Elena-Gabriela Ruse Nao Hibino Makoto Ninomiya6-3, 5-7, [10–5] Win 4-3 Open Angers Arena Loire, France Hard Elena-Gabriela Ruse Belinda Bencic Celine Naef 6-3 6-4
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (19 titles, 5 runner–ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (3–2)$50,000 tournaments (1–0)$25,000 tournaments (6–3)$10,000 tournaments (9–0)Finals by surfaceHard (9–2)Clay (9–3)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2002ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000 Clay Tsvetana Pironkova 6–1, 7–6(4)Win 2–0 Apr 2003ITF Cavtat, Croatia10,000 Clay Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–1Win 3–0 Aug 2003ITF Timișoara, Romania10,000 Clay Veronica Rizhik 6–2, 6–3Win 4–0 Feb 2004ITF Albufeira, Portugal10,000 Hard Irina Kotkina 6–1, 3–6, 6–0Win 5–0 Feb 2004ITF Portimão, Portugal10,000 Hard Nadja Pavić 6–4, 7–6(4)Win 6–0 May 2004ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000 Clay Simona Matei 6–2, 6–2Win7–0Aug 2004ITF Iași, Romania10,000Clay Raluca Olaru7–6(5), 6–0Win8–0Mar 2005ITF Cairo, Egypt10,000Clay Galina Fokina6–4, 6–2Win9–0Mar 2005ITF Ain Sokhna, Egypt10,000Clay Magdaléna Rybáriková6–3, 6–4Win10–0May 2005ITF Antalya, Turkey25,000Clay Ekaterina Dzehalevich6–2, 6–2Win11–0Aug 2005ITF Coimbra, Portugal25,000Hard Aravane Rezaï6–3, 6–1Loss11–1Jul 2006ITF Stuttgart, Germany25,000Clay Yevgenia Savranska6–7(4), 5–7Loss11–2Jul 2006ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000Clay Magda Mihalache0–6, 1–6Loss11–3Aug 2006ITF Coimbra, Portugal25,000Hard Kelly Liggan0–6, 6–7(7)Win12–3Sep 2007ITF Granada, Spain25,000Hard 6–3, 6–4Win13–3Oct 2007ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000Hard (i) Oxana Lyubtsova6–2, 6–0Win14–3Nov 2007ITF Port Pirie, Australia25,000Hard Hwang I-hsuan6–1, 6–2Win15–3Nov 2007ITF Mount Gambier, Australia25,000Hard Lee Ye-ra6–3, 6–1Loss 15–4 Nov 2008ITF Warsaw, Poland100,000 Hard (i) Anne Keothavong 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6Loss 15–5 Jul 2010ITF Pétange, Luxembourg100,000 Clay Mathilde Johansson 3–6, 3–6Win 16–5 Nov 2012ITF Nantes, France50,000 Hard (i) Yulia Putintseva 6–2, 6–3Win 17–5 Jun 2015ITF Marseille, France100,000 Clay Pauline Parmentier 6–2, 7–5Win 18–5 Nov 2015ITF Poitiers, France100,000 Hard (i) Pauline Parmentier 7–5, 6–2Win 19–5 Jun 2019ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom100,000 Grass Tímea Babos 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Doubles: 38 (22 titles, 16 runner–ups)