Anastasia Potapova vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#25 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 2–5
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Anastasia Potapova and Sorana Cirstea have met 3 times since 2019; Sorana Cirstea leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Budapest in 2019 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Cirstea has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Potapova has taken 2 sets to Cirstea's 5. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Potapova | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Potapova | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 58% | 15/26 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 4/15 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 15/41 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 9/22 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 12/19 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 17/19 | 92% | 34/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 15/19 | 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. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Potapova 0, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Potapova
👑 The Complete Package
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 5, 2026
Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Apr 21, 2021
Istanbul Open - Istanbul
C Clay · 2nd Round
Feb 22, 2019
Budapest
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Potapova | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Potapova | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 13% | 1/8 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 44% | 4/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/9 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–5 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.73 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -47.9% | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | -3.83u | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 3 |
| Distance | 761 mi · 1,225 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | AUT → CAN → POL | 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
Potapova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Cirstea's 40%).
| Opponent | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | L 67 26 | L 26 64 57 |
| Maya Joint | W 61 62 | L 46 46 |
| Diana Shnaider | L 16 26 | W 62 76 |
| Linda Noskova | L 26 46 | L 62 36 67 |
| Kimberly Birrell | L 46 46 | W 63 64 |
| Emma Raducanu | W 76 62 | L 46 26 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 61 46 36 | L 06 36 |
| Coco Gauff | W 46 76 64 | L 46 36 |
| Katie Boulter | W 57 64 62 | W 63 61 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 46 64 64 | W 61 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sloane Stephens
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Elina Svitolina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Elena Gabriela Ruse
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Diana Shnaider
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Venus Williams
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Suzan Lamens
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 10
Anna Kalinskaya
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
Jun 1
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 · 41–56 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 68% |
| Sets won | 58% | 65% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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