Kamilla Rakhimova vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇿Kamilla Rakhimova
#69 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 0–6
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wKamilla Rakhimova and Sorana Cirstea have met 3 times since 2022; Sorana Cirstea leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship - Istanbul in 2022 on clay. On hard courts Cirstea leads 2–0. Cirstea has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Rakhimova has taken 0 sets to Cirstea's 6. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rakhimova | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kamilla Rakhimova | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 57% | 16/28 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 10/30 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 22/58 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 12/26 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 16/31 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 37% | 7/19 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 22/25 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 64% | 16/25 | 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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rakhimova 0, Cirstea 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rakhimova
🎾 All-Court
Cirstea
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 57% vs 🎾 All-Court across 789 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sorana Cirstea.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the all-court's tactical versatility.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 2, 2026
Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 11, 2026
Adelaide International - Adelaide
H Hard · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 19, 2022
TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship - Istanbul
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rakhimova | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kamilla Rakhimova | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 80% | 12/15 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 20% | 3/15 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 20% | 3/15 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rakhimova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–8 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.92 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | +3.7% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.63u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rakhimova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | — |
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 (60% vs Rakhimova's 40%).
| Opponent | Rakhimova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Leylah Fernandez | W 62 46 63 | L 46 46 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 46 06 | L 36 46 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 36 46 | W 26 63 75 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 46 46 | W |
| Kimberly Birrell | W 62 62 | W 63 64 |
| Emma Raducanu | L 36 57 | L 46 26 |
| Tatjana Maria | L 46 36 | W 62 60 |
| Solana Sierra | W 61 63 | W 60 60 |
| Coco Gauff | L 36 67 | L 46 36 |
| Anna Bondar | W 63 75 | W 76 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Han Shi
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Sofia Kenin
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Iva Jovic
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Leylah Fernandez
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Marina Bassols Ribera
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 23
Polina Kudermetova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Aryna Sabalenka
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
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 · 57–58 matches
| Metric | Rakhimova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 72% |
| Sets won | 48% | 69% |
| Games won | 51% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rakhimova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rakhimova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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