Belinda Bencic vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇭Belinda Bencic
#12 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 3–7
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wBelinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea have met 4 times since 2021; Sorana Cirstea leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Grampians Trophy - Melbourne in 2021 on hard. On hard courts Cirstea leads 3–1. Across all meetings Bencic has taken 3 sets to Cirstea's 7. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at U.S. Open - New York (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bencic | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Belinda Bencic | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 26/36 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 77% | 10/13 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 20/49 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 57% | 23/40 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 89% | 8/9 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 62% | 8/13 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 31/37 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 26/37 | 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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bencic 0, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bencic
👑 The Complete Package
Cirstea
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
Both Belinda Bencic 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
4 career meetings, newest first
Sep 3, 2023
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 4th Round
Sep 1, 2022
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 2nd Round
Aug 16, 2022
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 5, 2021
Grampians Trophy - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bencic | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Belinda Bencic | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 83% | 5/6 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 3/6 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bencic | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.34 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | -9.2% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | -0.55u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bencic | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| 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
Across 10 shared opponents, both Bencic and Cirstea posted a 60% win rate.
| Opponent | Bencic | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | L 36 67 | L 36 46 |
| Jasmine Paolini | W 64 63 | W 63 63 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | W 64 46 76 | W |
| Nikola Bartunkova | L 36 60 46 | W 76 63 |
| Alexandra Eala | W 64 60 | L 57 46 |
| Coco Gauff | L 64 36 46 | L 46 36 |
| Linda Noskova | L 36 63 67 | L 62 36 67 |
| Sara Bejlek | W 76 62 | W 61 76 |
| Solana Sierra | W 62 62 | W 60 60 |
| Sinja Kraus | W 62 63 | W 63 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ann Li
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Anastasia Zakharova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Yulia Putintseva
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Lois Boisson
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Alexandra Eala
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 10
Taylor Townsend
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Sloane Stephens
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 4th Round
Jul 5
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 · 49–57 matches
| Metric | Bencic | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | 72% |
| Sets won | 69% | 69% |
| Games won | 57% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bencic | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bencic | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 3 |
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