Kimberly Birrell vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Title2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wKimberly Birrell and Sorana Cirstea have met 2 times since 2023; Sorana Cirstea leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells in 2023 on hard. Cirstea has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Birrell has taken 0 sets to Cirstea's 4. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Wimbledon - London (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Birrell | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kimberly Birrell | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 59% | 22/37 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 26/63 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 14/32 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 62% | 18/29 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 22/33 | 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 (Birrell 0, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
🏹 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
Jul 2, 2026
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 2nd Round
Mar 9, 2023
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Birrell | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kimberly Birrell | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/13 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.12 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | +4.8% | -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 | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 592 mi · 952 km | — |
| Route | POR → 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
Cirstea has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Birrell's 50%).
| Opponent | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Maya Joint | W 64 62 | L 46 46 |
| Anna Bondar | W 75 26 61 | W 76 62 |
| Tamara Zidansek | W 76 64 | W 61 60 |
| Jessica Pegula | W 16 63 63 | L 36 46 |
| Nikola Bartunkova | W 16 61 63 | W 76 63 |
| Kamilla Rakhimova | L 26 26 | W 64 64 |
| Viktorija Golubic | L 67 46 | W 62 26 62 |
| Yexin Ma | L 67 46 | W |
| Maddison Inglis | L 67 76 46 | W 64 57 62 |
| Katie Boulter | L 57 67 | W 63 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Marie Bouzkova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aoi Ito
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul · Final
Sep 27
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Semifinals
Sep 26
Katie Volynets
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Tamara Zidansek
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
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 · 57–63 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 72% |
| Sets won | 56% | 69% |
| Games won | 52% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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