Shuai Zhang vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w35 meetings · sets 6–6
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5wShuai Zhang and Sorana Cirstea have met 5 times since 2021; Shuai Zhang leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg in 2021 on clay. On hard courts Zhang leads 2–1. Across all meetings Zhang has taken 6 sets to Cirstea's 6. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Miami Open - Miami (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zhang | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shuai Zhang | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 23/33 | 78% | 32/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 9/30 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 19/63 | 30% | 17/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 47% | 16/34 | 75% | 30/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 12/29 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 6/8 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 29/32 | 93% | 37/40 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 23/32 | 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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zhang 1, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Cirstea
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 272 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Mar 17, 2026
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 8, 2025
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jun 19, 2022
Viking Classic - Birmingham
G Grass · Semifinals
Mar 25, 2022
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 27, 2021
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhang | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shuai Zhang | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 17% | 1/6 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhang | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–5 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 3.35 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | -32.4% | -20.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.27u | -1.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Cirstea has a higher win rate against shared opponents (70% vs Zhang's 40%).
| Opponent | Zhang | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Parry | W 62 75 | W 62 75 |
| Leylah Fernandez | L 36 26 | L 46 46 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 16 16 | W |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 36 46 | W 26 63 75 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | W | W 61 76 |
| Linda Noskova | L 75 16 46 | L 62 36 67 |
| Milena Steinkamp | W 63 62 | W |
| Alexandra Eala | L 36 26 | L 57 46 |
| Eva Lys | W 64 63 | W 63 60 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 36 16 | W 75 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Leylah Fernandez
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Maria Timofeeva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ann Li
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Aryna Sabalenka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jelena Ostapenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
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 | Zhang | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 72% |
| Sets won | 52% | 69% |
| Games won | 51% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhang | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhang | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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