Sloane Stephens vs Sorana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sloane Stephens
#208 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
44 meetings · sets 4–5
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Sloane Stephens and Sorana Cirstea have met 4 times since 2022; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at French Open - Paris in 2022 on clay. On hard courts Cirstea leads 2–1. Across all meetings Stephens has taken 4 sets to Cirstea's 5. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Miami Open - Miami (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Stephens | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sloane Stephens | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 5/7 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 28% | 5/18 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 7/25 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 20% | 1/5 | 71% | 27/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 47% | 9/19 | 61% | 11/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 67% | 6/9 | 92% | 34/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 56% | 5/9 | 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 (Stephens 1, Cirstea 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Stephens
⚙️ Grinder
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 60% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,327 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sorana Cirstea.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Mar 23, 2024
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round
Mar 9, 2024
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 2nd Round
Feb 11, 2024
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
May 25, 2022
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Stephens | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sloane Stephens | Sorana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 80% | 8/10 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 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 | Stephens | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–5 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 3.00 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | +8.3% | -38.7% |
| Units P/L | +0.83u | -3.48u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Stephens | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | 2 |
| Events | 4 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 3 |
| Distance | 1,730 mi · 2,784 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | ECU → CAN → POL → ESP | 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 (83% vs Stephens's 67%).
| Opponent | Stephens | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Anastasia Potapova | W 62 64 | W 75 64 |
| Sinja Kraus | W 75 63 | W 63 63 |
| Solana Sierra | W 63 64 | W 60 60 |
| Sara Bejlek | L 36 26 | W 61 76 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 46 26 | L 06 36 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 16 76 64 | W 62 60 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 25
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anastasia Potapova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Sinja Kraus
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Solana Sierra
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 4
Darja Vidmanova
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Yuliia Starodubtseva
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
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 · 25–56 matches
| Metric | Stephens | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 28% | 68% |
| Sets won | 33% | 65% |
| Games won | 42% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Stephens | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Stephens | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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