Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#444 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
19w4 meetings · sets 4–7
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sorana Cirstea have met 4 times since 2017; Sorana Cirstea leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Madrid in 2017 on clay. On hard courts Cirstea leads 2–0. Cirstea has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Pavlyuchenkova has taken 4 sets to Cirstea's 7. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Brisbane International - Brisbane (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 76% | 29/38 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 1/6 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 1/6 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 0% | 0/5 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 92% | 34/37 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 78% | 29/37 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Pavlyuchenkova 0, Cirstea 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pavlyuchenkova
🤖 Servebot
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jan 4, 2026
Brisbane International - Brisbane
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 22, 2022
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 3rd Round
Jun 27, 2018
Eastbourne
G Grass · Round of 64
May 10, 2017
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.95 |
| ROI % | - | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | - | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | — | CAN → POL |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Cirstea has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Pavlyuchenkova's 0%).
| Opponent | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Eala | L 36 36 | L 57 46 |
| Elise Mertens | L 26 16 | W 63 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alexandra Eala
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 22
Barbora Krejcikova
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round
Feb 15
Elise Mertens
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 1st Round
Feb 8
Mccartney Kessler
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi · 1st Round
Feb 1
Zhuoxuan Bai
Australian Open - Melbourne · 1st Round
Jan 18
Sorana Cirstea
Brisbane International - Brisbane · 1st Round
Jan 4
Victoria Azarenka
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Dayana Yastremska
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 25
Jessica Pegula
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 19
Nikola Bartunkova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Maya Joint
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Linda Noskova
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 4
Kimberly Birrell
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Sara Bejlek
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Emma Raducanu
The HSBC Championships - London · 2nd Round
Jun 12
Maddison Inglis
The HSBC Championships - London · 1st Round
Jun 9
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–56 matches
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 68% |
| Sets won | 8% | 65% |
| Games won | 36% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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