Magda Linette vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#77 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
64 meetings · sets 5–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wMagda Linette and Sorana Cirstea have met 4 times since 2019; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Shenzhen in 2019 on hard. On clay courts they are level 1–1. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Linette has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Linette has taken 5 sets to Cirstea's 4. Their most recent meeting: Magda Linette won at Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Linette | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Magda Linette | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 7/21 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 4/23 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 18/44 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 25% | 4/16 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 44% | 12/27 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 3/9 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 14/16 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 44% | 7/16 | 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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Linette 2, Cirstea 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Cirstea
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 2,084 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 servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
May 20, 2024
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · 1st Round
Aug 23, 2022
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 28, 2021
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · Semifinals
Jan 2, 2019
Shenzhen
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Linette | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Magda Linette | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 63% | 5/8 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 13% | 1/8 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–7 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.23 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | -86.6% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | -6.93u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| 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 (57% vs Linette's 29%).
| Opponent | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Sinja Kraus | L 67 26 | W 63 63 |
| Leylah Fernandez | L 16 46 | L 46 46 |
| Kimberly Birrell | W 26 61 62 | W 63 64 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 57 46 | L 06 36 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | W 62 26 62 | W 61 76 |
| Tatjana Maria | L 06 36 | W 62 60 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 36 67 | L 57 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Katerina Siniakova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Darya Astakhova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Francesca Jones
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Iva Jovic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Carol Zhao
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Leylah Fernandez
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
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 · 44–57 matches
| Metric | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 72% |
| Sets won | 43% | 69% |
| Games won | 48% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
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