Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#641 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
23w4 meetings · sets 4–7
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wAnastasia 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 | 50% | 1/2 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 1/6 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 2/8 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 29% | 2/7 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 2/2 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 1/2 | 80% | 32/40 |
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
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 2,084 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sorana Cirstea.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the servebot's high ace rate.
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 | - | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.98 |
| ROI % | - | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
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
Veronika Erjavec
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 1st Round Qualifying
May 4
Alexandra Eala
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 22
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 21
Viktoriya Tomova
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 20
Tena Lukas
Dubrovnik Open - Dubrovnik · 1st Round
Mar 24
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
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Jasmine Paolini
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Diane Parry
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Julia Grabher
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Jessica Pegula
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 19
Anna Kalinskaya
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Nikola Bartunkova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Maya Joint
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–57 matches
| Metric | Pavlyuchenkova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 25% | 72% |
| Sets won | 28% | 69% |
| Games won | 42% | 57% |
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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