Monica Niculescu career statistics

Career finals
Discipline	Typ	Won	Lost	Total	WR
Singles	Grand Slam	-	-	-	-
	Summer Olympics	-	-	-	-
	WTA Finals	-	-	-	-
	WTA 1000	-	-	-	-
	WTA Tour	3	5	8	0.38
	Total	3	5	8	0.38
Doubles	Grand Slam	0	1	1	0.00
	Summer Olympics	-	-	-	-
	WTA Finals	-	-	-	-
	WTA 1000	0	3	3	0.00
	WTA Tour	12	19	29	0.34
	Total	12	23	35	0.30
Total		13	28	41	0.32

Main article: Monica Niculescu

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu.

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu at the 2021 Open de Limoges.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 13	8–13	38%
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	Q3	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	Q3	A	0 / 10	1–10	9%
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	4R	2R	1R	1R	2R	NH	1R	A	0 / 13	8–13	38%
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	4R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	Q3	A	0 / 12	9–12	43%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–4	1–3	6–4	2–4	0–4	4–4	4–4	4–4	2–4	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 48	26–48	35%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH			A	NH			2R	NH				A		0 / 0	1–0	100%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	NMS		2R	2R	A	Q2	QF	2R	3R	1R	3R	A	3R	Q2	A	Q1	A	0 / 8	12–8	60%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	1R	Q1	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	NH	A	A	0 / 9	6–9	40%
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	4R	1R	3R	3R	NH	Q1	A	0 / 10	8–10	44%
Madrid Open	NH			1R	A	1R	1R	Q1	1R	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	NH	A	A	0 / 6	0–6	0%
Italian Open	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Canadian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	Q2	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	NH	A		0 / 5	2–5	29%
Cincinnati Open	NMS			A	2R	1R	A	2R	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	NH			0 / 4	1–4	20%
China Open	NMS			A	Q1	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	Q2	2R	Q1	Q1	NH			0 / 6	7–6	54%
Career statistics
Career	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	1	15	22	9	15	23	22	20	21	20	19	15	11	2	3	0	Career total: 218
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 3
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 8
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–1	8–15	10–22	6–9	21–15	15–23	22–21	22–19	20–21	26–20	11–20	9–14	8–10	0–2	0–3	0–0	3 / 218	178–215	45%
Year-end ranking	222	179	47	101	83	30	58	60	47	39	39	100	78	116	144	267		$6,525,428

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Dubai Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	3R	2R	QF	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	SF	3R	3R	1R	A	3R	0 / 14	21–14	60%
French Open	A	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 12	16–12	57%
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	F	3R	3R	NH	2R	1R	1R	0 / 15	18–15	55%
US Open	A	A	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	A	QF	1R	1R	0 / 15	15–15	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	3–3	7–4	8–4	4–4	5–4	4–4	4–4	3–4	2–3	7–3	7–3	4–3	3–2	6–4	1–3	2–4	0 / 56	70–56	56%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH			A	NH			1R	NH				2R			0 / 2	1–2	33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	NMS		QF	QF	A	2R	1R	A	QF	QF	2R	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	QF	0 / 11	12–11	52%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	NH	A	QF		0 / 11	10–12	42%
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	SF	1R	2R	QF	SF	1R	1R	QF	NH	1R	1R		0 / 13	13–13	50%
Madrid Open	NH			2R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	NH	1R	A		0 / 8	4–8	33%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	SF	1R	A	A	2R	1R	1R		0 / 9	8–9	47%
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	1R	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	F	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R		0 / 9	10–9	53%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	1R	SF	QF	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	QF	F	1R	A	NH	A	1R		0 / 10	11–10	52%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	F	A	A	2R	A	NH				0 / 4	4–3	57%
China Open	NMS			A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	NH				0 / 7	3–7	30%
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	Career total: 10
Finals	0	0	1	2	2	1	3	1	3	3	5	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	Career total: 31
Overall win–loss	0–0	3–2	15–16	28–20	28–18	16–20	28–18	10–16	26–16	24–18	32–14	22–15	11–9	19–11	10–6	21–15	21–18	7–5	10 /	321–237	58%
Win %	-	60%	48%	58%	61%	44%	61%	38%	62%	57%	70%	59%	55%	63%	63%	58%	55%	60%	Career total: 58%
Year-end ranking	159	131	35	30	30	50	27	70	38	33	19	23	48	47	53	39

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	...	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A		A	0–2
French Open	A	1R	A	A		A	0–1
Wimbledon	2R	2R	A	1R			2–3
US Open	1R	A	A	A			0–1
Win–loss	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–1			2–7

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2017	Wimbledon	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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2015	Wuhan Open	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2016	Canadian Open	Hard	Simona Halep	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2017	Cincinnati 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)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2011	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard (i)	Victoria Azarenka	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2012	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard (i)	Venus Williams	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2013	Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil	International	Hard	Olga Puchkova	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–2	Sep 2014	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Alizé Cornet	6–4, 6–0
Loss	2–3	Jun 2015	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Ana Konjuh	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2016	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	0–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	3–4	Oct 2016	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard (i)	Petra Kvitová	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–5	Jan 2017	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Elise Mertens	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 35 (12 titles, 23 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA 1000 (0–3)
WTA 500 (3–6)
WTA 250 (9–13)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2008	Connecticut Open, United States	Tier II	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	1–1	Jul 2009	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	International	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	1–2	Aug 2009	Bank of the West Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Serena Williams Venus Williams	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jan 2010	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Květa Peschke Chuang Chia-jung	6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	1–4	Jul 2010	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	1–5	Jul 2011	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International	Hard	Galina Voskoboeva	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	2–5	Jan 2012	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]
Loss	2–6	Sep 2012	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	Tamarine Tanasugarn Zhang Shuai	6–2, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	2–7	Oct 2012	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard (i)	Irina-Camelia Begu	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–8	Jun 2013	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Premier	Grass	Klára Koukalová	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–8	Jan 2014	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Klára Koukalová	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–8	Jan 2014	Hobart International, Australia (2)	International	Hard	Klára Koukalová	Lisa Raymond Zhang Shuai	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Loss	4–9	Apr 2014	Katowice Open, Poland	International	Hard (i)	Klára Koukalová	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	4–10	Jan 2015	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	5–7, 3–6
Loss	4–11	Oct 2015	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–12	Oct 2015	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Irina-Camelia Begu	Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina	3–6, 7–6(9–7), [5–10]
Win	5–12	Jan 2016	Shenzhen Open, China (2)	International	Hard	Vania King	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–12	Jul 2016	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–13	Jul 2016	Canadian Open, Canada	Premier 5	Hard	Simona Halep	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	7–13	Aug 2016	Connecticut Open, United States	Premier	Hard	Sania Mirza	Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung	7–5, 6–4
Loss	7–14	Oct 2016	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard (i)	Patricia Maria Țig	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Win	8–14	Apr 2017	Open Biel Bienne, Switzerland	International	Hard (i)	Hsieh Su-wei	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	8–15	Jul 2017	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Chan Hao-ching	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	0–6, 0–6
Loss	8–16	Aug 2017	Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	9–16	Feb 2019	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Anna Blinkova Wang Yafan	2–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Loss	9–17	Aug 2019	Bronx Open, United States	International	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	Darija Jurak María José Martínez Sánchez	5–7, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	9–18	Aug 2020	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Lucie Hradecká Kristýna Plíšková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	9–19	Mar 2021	Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar	WTA 500	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	10–19	Oct 2021	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	10–20	May 2022	Grand Prix Lalla Meryem, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	10–21	Jun 2022	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Caroline Dolehide	Beatriz Haddad Maia Zhang Shuai	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss	10–22	Jun 2023	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 250	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Ingrid Martins Lidziya Marozava	0–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	10–23	Aug 2023	Washington Open, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Win	11–23	May 2024	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 500	Clay	Cristina Bucșa	Asia Muhammad Aldila Sutjiadi	3–6, 6-4, [10-6]
Win	12–23	Aug 2024	Monterrey Open, Mexico	WTA 500	Hard	Guo Hanyu	Alexandra Panova Giuliana Olmos	3-6, 6-3, [10-4]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2017	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Antonia Lottner	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2021	Open Angers, France	Hard (i)	Vera Zvonareva	Tereza Mihalíková Greet Minnen	6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	1–1	Dec 2021	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Vera Zvonareva	Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2023	Iași Open, Romania	Clay	Irina Bara	Veronika Erjavec Dalila Jakupović	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Dec 2023	Open Angers, France	Hard (i)	Cristina Bucsa	Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–3	May 2024	Paris Challenger, France	Clay	Zhu Lin	Aldila Sutjiadi Asia Muhammad	6–7, 6–4, [9–11]

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 surface Hard (9–2) Clay (9–3) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2002	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–1, 7–6(4)
Win	2–0	Apr 2003	ITF Cavtat, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Darija Jurak	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–0	Aug 2003	ITF Timișoara, Romania	10,000	Clay	Veronica Rizhik	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–0	Feb 2004	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Irina Kotkina	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
Win	5–0	Feb 2004	ITF Portimão, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Nadja Pavić	6–4, 7–6(4)
Win	6–0	May 2004	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Simona Matei	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–0	Aug 2004	ITF Iași, Romania	10,000	Clay	Raluca Olaru	7–6(5), 6–0
Win	8–0	Mar 2005	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Galina Fokina	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–0	Mar 2005	ITF Ain Sokhna, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–0	May 2005	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–0	Aug 2005	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Aravane Rezaï	6–3, 6–1
Loss	11–1	Jul 2006	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Yevgenia Savranska	6–7(4), 5–7
Loss	11–2	Jul 2006	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Magda Mihalache	0–6, 1–6
Loss	11–3	Aug 2006	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Kelly Liggan	0–6, 6–7(7)
Win	12–3	Sep 2007	ITF Granada, Spain	25,000	Hard	María Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–3	Oct 2007	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	6–2, 6–0
Win	14–3	Nov 2007	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Hwang I-hsuan	6–1, 6–2
Win	15–3	Nov 2007	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	25,000	Hard	Lee Ye-ra	6–3, 6–1
Loss	15–4	Nov 2008	Warsaw Cup, Poland	100,000	Hard (i)	Anne Keothavong	6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6
Loss	15–5	Jul 2010	Pétange Open, Luxembourg	100,000	Clay	Mathilde Johansson	3–6, 3–6
Win	16–5	Nov 2012	Open Nantes, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Yulia Putintseva	6–2, 6–3
Win	17–5	Jun 2015	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 7–5
Win	18–5	Nov 2015	Internationaux de Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Pauline Parmentier	7–5, 6–2
Win	19–5	Jun 2019	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Tímea Babos	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 38 (22 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (3–4) $75,000 tournaments (1–1) $50,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (6–6) $10,000 tournaments (11–5)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (17–13) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2002	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Radoslava Topalova Virginia Trifonova	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2002	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Iveta Gerlová Nina Nittinger	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Mar 2003	ITF Makarska, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Stefanie Haidner Daniela Klemenschits	6–3, 6–7(7), 4–6
Win	2–2	Mar 2003	ITF Makarska, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Darija Jurak Maria Jedlicková	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Apr 2003	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Aug 2003	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Anna Bastrikova Elena Vesnina	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Aug 2003	ITF Timișoara, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Julia Ács Vasilisa Davydova	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–5	May 2004	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Lenore Lazaroiu Andra Savu	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–5	Jul 2004	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	Liana Ungur Iris Ichim	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–5	Aug 2004	ITF Târgu Mureș, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Simona Matei Barbara Pócza	7–5, 6–1
Win	6–5	Aug 2004	ITF Iași, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Nadine Schlotterer Eva Valková	7–5, 6–1
Win	7–5	Mar 2005	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Hanna Andreyeva Valeria Bondarenko	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–5	Mar 2005	ITF Ain Sokhna, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Laura-Ramona Husaru Sarah Raab	6–1, 6–1
Loss	8–6	Apr 2005	ITF Civitavecchia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–6	May 2005	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Irina Buryachok Olga Panova	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–6	May 2005	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Renata Kucerková Kathrin Wörle	6–7(0), 6–0, 6–0
Loss	10–7	Oct 2005	ITF Sevilla, Spain	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Sara Errani María Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 6–7(5)
Loss	10–8	Apr 2006	ITF Athens, Greece	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Olga Brózda Margit Rüütel	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win	11–8	May 2006	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Sorana Cîrstea Diana Buzean	6–3, 6–0
Win	12–8	Jun 2006	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Niculescu	Raluca Ciulei Neda Kozić	6–2, 6–1
Win	13–8	Jul 2006	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Eva Fislová Stanislava Hrozenská	6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5
Win	14–8	Jul 2006	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Yevgenia Savranska	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	1–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win	15–8	Sep 2006	Save Cup Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Margalita Chakhnashvili Tatjana Malek	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	16–8	Apr 2007	ITF Putignano, Italy	25,000	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Jessica Kirkland Carmen Klaschka	6–2, 7–5
Loss	16–9	Jul 2006	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	75,000	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova	7–5, 6–0
Win	17–9	Jul 2007	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Hilary Barte Tatjana Priachin	6–4, 7–5
Loss	17–10	Jul 2007	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Sorana Cîrstea Ágnes Szatmári	6–0, 4–6, ret.
Loss	17–11	Sep 2007	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Clay	Yevgenia Savranska	María Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–1, 6–7(4)
Loss	17–12	Jul 2007	ITF Granada, Spain	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	Marta Marrero María Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 1–6
Win	18–12	Nov 2007	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	25,000	Hard	Antonia Matic	Sophie Ferguson Trudi Musgrave	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	19–12	Dec 2007	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Yuliana Fedak Anna Lapushchenkova	7–6(1), 6–4
Loss	19–13	Oct 2008	Internationaux de de Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Akgul Amanmuradova	Petra Cetkovská Lucie Šafářová	4–6, 4–6
Loss	19–14	Oct 2008	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	100,000	Hard (i)	Akgul Amanmuradova	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–7(1), 1–6
Loss	19–15	Jul 2010	Open de Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Sharon Fichman Julia Görges	5–7, 4–6
Win	20–15	Jul 2010	Pétange Open, Luxembourg	100,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Sophie Lefèvre Laura Thorpe	6–4, 6–2
Loss	20–16	Oct 2013	Internationaux de de Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Christina McHale	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek	6–7(5), 6–2
Win	21–16	Nov 2015	Internationaux de de Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse	6–7(5), 7–6(2), [10–8]
Win	22–16	Jun 2021	Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Priscilla Hon Storm Sanders	7–5, 7–5

WTA Tour career earnings

Current after the 2022 US Open

Year	Grand Slam titles	WTA titles	Total titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2007	0	0	0	249,035	67
2008	0	0	0	249,035	67
2009	0	1	1	315,414	67
2010	0	0	0	251,188	77
2011	0	0	0	549,493	38
2012	0	1	1	450,393	45
2013	0	1	1	406,372	62
2014	0	3	3	582,694	44
2015	0	0	0	667,180	49
2016	0	3	3	789,710	41
2017	0	2	2	672,948	48
2018	0	0	0	496,099	73
2019	0	1	1	427,648	101
2020	0	0	0	211,457	119
2021	0	1	1	306,013	123
2022	0	0	0	105,114	253
2023	0	0	0	250,000	50
2024	0	0	0	155,00
Career	0	13	13	6,630,542	98

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

• Niculescu's win–loss record against certain players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows. Active players are in boldface:

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Maria Sharapova	1–0	100%	1–0	-	-	-	Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2018 Doha
Karolína Plíšková	2–1	67%	2–1	-	-	-	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2016 Fed Cup
Garbiñe Muguruza	1–1	50%	1–1	-	-	-	Won (7–6(7–0), 4–6, 6–2) at 2019 Miami
Jelena Janković	3–5	38%	3–4	0–1	-	-	Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2017 Hobart
Angelique Kerber	1–3	25%	1–2	-	-	0–1	Lost (6–0, 1–6, 2–6) at 2013 Linz
Victoria Azarenka	0–5	0%	0–4	0–1	-	-	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2013 Australian Open
Kim Clijsters	0–1	0%	-	-	0–1	-	Lost (5–7, 5–7) at 2011 's-Hertogenbosch
Simona Halep	0–2	0%	-	0–2	-	-	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 1–6) at 2014 Bucharest
Ana Ivanovic	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	-	-	Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2012 Linz
Amélie Mauresmo	0–1	0%	-	-	-	0–1	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2009 Paris
Naomi Osaka	0–1	0%	-	-	0–1	-	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2018 Wimbledon
Serena Williams	0–2	0%	0–2	-	-	-	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2015 Miami
Venus Williams	0–1	0%	0–1	-	-	-	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2012 Luxembourg
Caroline Wozniacki	0–10	0%	0–9	0–1	-	-	Lost (4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2019 Miami
No. 2 ranked players
Vera Zvonareva	3–1	75%	2–1	1–0	-	-	Won (6–0, 3–6, 6–3) at 2020 French Open Qualifying
Petra Kvitová	2–2	50%	2–0	0–1	0–1	-	Won (6–4, 6–0) at 2016 Luxembourg
Li Na	1–1	50%	1–1	-	-	-	Lost (5–7, 6–4, 4–6 ) at 2012 Shenzhen
Agnieszka Radwańska	1–4	20%	0–4	-	1–0	-	Lost (1–6, 5–7) at 2016 Montréal
Anett Kontaveit	0–1	0%	-	0–1	-	-	Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2017 French Open
Aryna Sabalenka	0–2	0%	0–1	-	0–1	-	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
No. 3 ranked players
Elina Svitolina	1–0	100%	1–0	-	-	-	Won (6–0, 6–0) at 2013 Indian Wells
Sloane Stephens	1–3	25%	0–2	1–1	-	-	Lost (7–6(7–1), 3–6, 0–4, ret.) at 2018 Miami
No. 4 ranked players
Ons Jabeur	2–0	100%	2–0	-	-	-	Won (4–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4) at 2018 Hong Kong
Caroline Garcia	1–0	100%	-	1–0	-	-	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2016 Stuttgart
Johanna Konta	2–1	67%	1–1	-	1–0	-	Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2017 Beijing
Kiki Bertens	2–2	50%	2–1	0–1	-	-	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2017 Wuhan
Kimiko Date-Krumm	1–1	50%	1–1	-	-	-	Won (6–2, 2–1, ret.) at 2013 Monterrey
Francesca Schiavone	1–4	20%	1–3	0–1	-	-	Won (3–6, 7–5, 6–4) at 2016 Luxembourg
Belinda Bencic	0–1	0%	0–1	-	-	-	Lost (6–7(7–9), 3–6) at 2017 Poitiers
Dominika Cibulková	0–2	0%	0–2	-	-	-	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Wuhan
Sofia Kenin	0–1	0%	0–1	-	-	-	Lost (6–7(5–7), 6–4, 2–6) at 2018 Wuhan Qualifying
Samantha Stosur	0–7	0%	0–7	-	-	-	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2015 Beijing
No. 5 ranked players
Daniela Hantuchová	1–0	100%	1–0	-	-	-	Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2012 Luxembourg
Jeļena Ostapenko	2–0	100%	2–0	-	-	-	Won (6–0, 6–2) at 2019 Shenzhen
Lucie Šafářová	2–0	100%	2–0	-	-	-	Won (6–2, 6–0) at 2012 Beijing
Anna Chakvetadze	1–1	50%	1–1	-	-	-	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2012 Hobart
Sara Errani	1–4	20%	1–2	0–2	-	-	Lost (7–5, 1–6, 2–6) at 2015 Bucharest
No. 6 ranked players
Flavia Pennetta	0–3	0%	0–2	-	0–1	-	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2015 US Open
Carla Suárez Navarro	0–5	0%	0–3	0–1	-	0–1	Lost (7–5, 3–6, 4–6) at 2015 Wuhan
No. 7 ranked players
Madison Keys	1–0	100%	1–0	-	-	-	Won (6–1, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)) at 2013 Washington
Roberta Vinci	1–1	50%	1–0	-	0–1	-	Won (6–0, 6–4) at 2018 Indian Wells
Marion Bartoli	0–1	0%	0–1	-	-	-	Lost (6–2, 3–6, 2–6) at 2011 Indian Wells
Patty Schnyder	0–1	0%	0–1	-	-	-	Lost (1–6, 5–7) at 2008 Montréal
No. 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova	1–4	20%	0–3	1–1	-	-	Lost (7–5, 6–7(3–7), 3–6) at 2014 Indian Wells
Alicia Molik	0–1	0%	-	0–1	-	-	Lost (6–4, 6–7(5–7), 0–6) at 2010 Barcelona
Danielle Collins	0–1	0%	-	0–1	-	-	Lost (6–2, 2–6, 1–6) at 2020 French Open
No. 9 ranked players
Andrea Petkovic	4–3	57%	1–2	2–1	1–0	-	Won (2–6, 6–2, 7–5) at 2019 Wimbledon
Timea Bacsinszky	4–4	50%	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	Lost (5–7, 2–6) at 2017 Indian Wells
Julia Görges	2–3	40%	2–2	0–1	-	-	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Washington, D.C.
CoCo Vandeweghe	1–2	33%	1–1	-	0–1	-	Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2016 Miami
No. 10 ranked players
Kristina Mladenovic	3–0	100%	3–0	-	-	-	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2017 US Open
Maria Kirilenko	2–2	50%	2–2	-	-	-	Lost (3–6, 0–6) at 2012 Dubai
Total	52–104	33%	40–72 (36%)	8–20 (29%)	3–9 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	current through the 2022 French Open

Top-10 wins

Season	2011	2012	...	2016	2017	Total
Wins	1	1		1	1	4

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	MNR
2011
1.	Li Na	No. 5	China Open	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–0	No. 57
2012
2.	Vera Zvonareva	No. 8	Qatar Open	Hard	2R	7–5, 3–2, ret.	No. 31
2016
3.	Petra Kvitová	No. 9	Fed Cup, Romania	Hard (i)	RR	6–3, 6–4	No. 37
2017
4.	Johanna Konta	No. 7	China Open	Hard	1R	6–1, 6–2	No. 65