Arantxa Rus vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Arantxa Rus
#203 · 35 yrs · Left-Handed
2 meetings · sets 2–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Arantxa 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 | 67% | 20/30 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 37% | 11/30 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 21/60 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 18/39 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 6/16 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 14% | 2/14 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 25/32 | 92% | 34/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 63% | 20/32 | 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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rus 0, Cirstea 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rus
🏹 Frontrunner
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 1,181 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 | 62% | 8/13 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 44% | 4/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/9 |
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 | 5–8 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.06 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -37.5% | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | -4.87u | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 3 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | GBR → ESP → ITA | 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
Cirstea has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Rus's 0%).
| Opponent | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Fiona Ferro | L 67 36 | W 63 67 76 |
| Tamara Zidansek | L 16 67 | W 61 60 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Britt Du Pree
W35 Vigo · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Anna Kubareva
W35 Vigo · 1st Round
Aug 12
Oceane Dodin
W75 Ourense · 1st Round
Aug 4
Dominika Salkova
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Isabella Maria Serban
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Marina Bassols Ribera
Generali Open Ladies - Kitzbuhel · 2nd Round
Jul 16
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 · 56–60 matches
| Metric | Rus | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 68% |
| Sets won | 50% | 65% |
| Games won | 52% | 56% |
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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