Elina Svitolina vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇦Elina Svitolina
#9 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 8–1
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Elina Svitolina and Sorana Cirstea have met 4 times since 2016; Elina Svitolina leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Roland Garros in 2016 on clay. On clay courts Svitolina leads 2–0. On hard courts Svitolina leads 2–0. Svitolina has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Svitolina has taken 8 sets to Cirstea's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elina Svitolina won at Australian Open - Melbourne (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Svitolina | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elina Svitolina | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 25/41 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 31% | 4/13 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 20/54 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 21/39 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 77% | 10/13 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 73% | 11/15 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 97% | 31/32 | 92% | 34/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 25/32 | 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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Svitolina 3, Cirstea 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Svitolina
👑 The Complete Package
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jan 13, 2025
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 10, 2021
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 3rd Round
Apr 28, 2017
Istanbul
C Clay · Quarterfinals
May 24, 2016
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 128
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Svitolina | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elina Svitolina | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 92% | 12/13 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 62% | 8/13 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 15% | 2/13 | 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 | Svitolina | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–5 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.52 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -18.9% | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | -2.46u | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Svitolina | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 3 |
| Distance | 761 mi · 1,225 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | AUT → CAN → POL | 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
Svitolina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Cirstea's 50%).
| Opponent | Svitolina | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | L 26 46 | L 26 64 57 |
| Nikola Bartunkova | W 62 63 | W 76 63 |
| Iga Swiatek | L 36 61 36 | L 36 26 |
| Anastasia Potapova | W 61 61 | W 75 64 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 36 46 | L 57 46 |
| Linda Noskova | W 76 75 | L 62 36 67 |
| Daria Snigur | L 57 26 | W 60 63 |
| Eva Lys | W 63 62 | W 63 60 |
| Mirra Andreeva | W 62 64 | L 06 36 |
| Anna Bondar | W 36 61 76 | W 76 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tereza Valentova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Iga Swiatek
National Bank Open - Toronto · Semifinals
Aug 13
Ekaterina Alexandrova
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 11
Amanda Anisimova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Anastasia Potapova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Alexandra Eala
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Quarterfinals
Aug 1
Polina Kudermetova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
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 · 54–56 matches
| Metric | Svitolina | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 76% | 68% |
| Sets won | 67% | 65% |
| Games won | 57% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Svitolina | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Svitolina | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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