Julia Grabher vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇹Julia Grabher
#97 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
Title32 meetings · sets 0–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wJulia Grabher 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 Grabher has taken 0 sets to Cirstea's 4. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at U.S. Open - New York (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Grabher | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Julia Grabher | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 22/36 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 4/24 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 18/60 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 11/27 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 16/31 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 12/19 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 28/31 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 22/31 | 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 (Grabher 0, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Grabher
🏹 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
Aug 31, 2026
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 22, 2022
TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship - Istanbul
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Grabher | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Julia Grabher | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 63% | 12/19 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 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 | Grabher | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–7 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.51 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | +23.4% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | +4.45u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Grabher | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | SRB → ESP | — |
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 (71% vs Grabher's 14%).
| Opponent | Grabher | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Dalma Galfi | L 36 46 | W |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 36 36 | W |
| Sinja Kraus | L 36 16 | W 63 63 |
| Anastasiia Sobolieva | L 26 64 57 | W |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich | W 46 62 64 | W 63 76 |
| Leylah Fernandez | L 26 36 | L 46 46 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 46 36 | L 57 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Dalma Galfi
Samsun Open - Samsun · 1st Round
Oct 5
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · Final
Sep 27
Oksana Selekhmeteva
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · Semifinals
Sep 26
Nuria Brancaccio
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Alice Tubello
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Jennifer Ruggeri
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · 1st Round
Sep 22
Sorana Cirstea
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Tereza Valentova
Philly Open - Philadelphia · Semifinals
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 · 57–60 matches
| Metric | Grabher | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 72% |
| Sets won | 55% | 69% |
| Games won | 52% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Grabher | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Grabher | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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