Ann Li vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Ann Li
#31 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 2–2
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wAnn Li and Sorana Cirstea have met 2 times since 2021; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Grampians Trophy - Melbourne in 2021 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Cirstea leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Li has taken 2 sets to Cirstea's 2. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Tennis in the Land - Cleveland (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Li | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ann Li | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 19/31 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 44% | 12/27 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 24/58 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 39% | 14/36 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 68% | 13/19 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 47% | 8/17 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 23/25 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 19/25 | 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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Li 1, Cirstea 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Li
🤖 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
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 23, 2025
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland
H Hard · Final
Feb 6, 2021
Grampians Trophy - Melbourne
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Li | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Ann Li | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 12/14 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 7/14 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 14% | 2/14 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Li | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–6 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.53 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | -1.7% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | -0.24u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Li | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| 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 Li's 40%).
| Opponent | Li | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Noskova | L 26 76 26 | L 62 36 67 |
| Diane Parry | L 67 46 | W 62 75 |
| Coco Gauff | L 16 67 | L 46 36 |
| Shuai Zhang | W 75 63 | W 63 64 |
| Maya Joint | W 61 62 | L 46 46 |
| Kimberly Birrell | W 46 76 64 | W 63 64 |
| Viktorija Golubic | L 36 62 36 | W 62 26 62 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 67 46 | W 26 63 75 |
| Leylah Fernandez | L 36 26 | L 46 46 |
| Kamilla Rakhimova | W 46 62 63 | W 64 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elina Svitolina
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Belinda Bencic
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Linda Noskova
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Donna Vekic
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Antonia Ruzic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Semifinals
Aug 29
Alycia Parks
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
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 · 57–58 matches
| Metric | Li | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 72% |
| Sets won | 53% | 69% |
| Games won | 51% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Li | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Li | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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