Arantxa Rus vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#256 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
52 meetings · sets 2–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wArantxa Rus and Sorana Cirstea have met 2 times since 2022; Sorana Cirstea leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship - Istanbul in 2022 on clay. Cirstea has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Rus has taken 2 sets to Cirstea's 4. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rus | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Arantxa Rus | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 17/28 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 12/30 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 23/58 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 72% | 21/29 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 59% | 17/29 | 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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rus 0, Cirstea 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rus
🏹 Frontrunner
Cirstea
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 978 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jan 27, 2025
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 20, 2022
TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship - Istanbul
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rus | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Arantxa Rus | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 79% | 15/19 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 21% | 4/19 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–9 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.19 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | +9.1% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 5 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ESP → SRB → UKR | — |
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 (100% vs Rus's 0%).
| Opponent | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown Player | L 26 63 57 | W |
| Fiona Ferro | L 67 36 | W 63 67 76 |
| Tamara Zidansek | L 16 67 | W 61 60 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Unknown Player
W50 Lexington · Semifinals
Oct 10
Whitney Osuigwe
W50 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Malaika Rapolu
W50 Lexington · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Ena Koike
W50 Lexington · 1st Round
Oct 6
Mia Ristic
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · 1st Round
Sep 21
Samira De Stefano
Zavarovalnica Triglav - Ljubljana · 1st Round
Sep 14
Leolia Jeanjean
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Susan Bandecchi
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
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 · 57–59 matches
| Metric | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 72% |
| Sets won | 49% | 69% |
| Games won | 51% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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