Kimberly Birrell vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell
#69 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
42 meetings · sets 0–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Kimberly 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 | 58% | 15/26 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 10/24 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 42% | 21/50 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 36% | 9/25 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 14/23 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 37% | 7/19 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 20/24 | 92% | 34/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 63% | 15/24 | 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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Birrell 0, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Birrell
💥 Big Hitter
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Kimberly Birrell and Sorana Cirstea are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,096 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
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 | 90% | 9/10 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 44% | 4/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/9 |
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 | 5–9 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.85 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -36.5% | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | -5.11u | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 3 |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | 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
Cirstea has a higher win rate against shared opponents (90% vs Birrell's 60%).
| Opponent | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | W 16 63 63 | L 26 64 57 |
| 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 |
| Maddison Inglis | L 67 76 46 | W 64 57 62 |
| Katie Boulter | L 57 67 | W 63 61 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 64 36 75 | W 62 60 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | W 63 63 | W 46 64 63 |
| Caroline Dolehide | W 64 62 | W 62 63 |
| Anastasia Potapova | W 64 64 | W 75 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Darja Vidmanova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Kamilla Rakhimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Viktorija Golubic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Yexin Ma
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Sorana Cirstea
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Alina Korneeva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Petra Marcinko
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Barbora Krejcikova
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 23
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 · 50–56 matches
| Metric | Birrell | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 68% |
| Sets won | 51% | 65% |
| Games won | 51% | 56% |
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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