Anastasia Potapova vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#26 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 2–5
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wAnastasia 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 | 57% | 17/30 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 6/18 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 19/48 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 11/29 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 12/18 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 87% | 20/23 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 17/23 | 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. 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
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
Both Anastasia Potapova and Sorana Cirstea are 👑 The Complete Package types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 4,208 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
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 | 80% | 8/10 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 30% | 3/10 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/7 |
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 | 5–4 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.55 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | +19.6% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.76u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ROU | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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 (60% vs Potapova's 30%).
| Opponent | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Sinja Kraus | L | W 63 63 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 75 46 36 | L 06 36 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 67 26 | L 36 46 |
| Jasmine Paolini | L 76 26 36 | W 63 63 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 46 62 67 | W |
| Nikola Bartunkova | W 46 64 62 | W 76 63 |
| Maya Joint | W 61 62 | L 46 46 |
| Diana Shnaider | L 16 26 | W 62 76 |
| Kimberly Birrell | L 46 46 | W 63 64 |
| Emma Raducanu | W 76 62 | L 46 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Mirra Andreeva
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Amanda Anisimova
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Leolia Jeanjean
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Darja Semenistaja
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
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
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 · 48–57 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 72% |
| Sets won | 57% | 69% |
| Games won | 52% | 57% |
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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