Magda Linette vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#78 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 5–4
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Magda 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 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 10% | 2/21 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 16/42 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 31% | 4/13 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 43% | 12/28 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 3/7 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 14/15 | 92% | 34/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 47% | 7/15 | 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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Linette 2, Cirstea 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
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 | 80% | 8/10 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 20% | 2/10 | 44% | 4/9 |
| 10 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 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 | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–6 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.47 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -34.2% | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | -3.42u | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 3 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | 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 (38% vs Linette's 25%).
| Opponent | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Iga Swiatek | L 46 46 | L 36 26 |
| 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 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 16 16 | L 26 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Mai Hontama
Athens Open - Athens · 1st Round
Jul 13
Mirra Andreeva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Maja Chwalinska
Boodles Tennis Challenge · -
Jun 26
Barbora Krejcikova
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · Semifinals
Jun 13
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 · 42–56 matches
| Metric | Linette | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 68% |
| Sets won | 44% | 65% |
| Games won | 48% | 56% |
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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