Sorana Cirstea vs Valentyna IvakhnenkoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇺🇦Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Unranked · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
313wSorana Cirstea and Valentyna Ivakhnenko have met 1 time since 2019; Valentyna Ivakhnenko leads 1–0. Across all meetings Cirstea has taken 0 sets to Ivakhnenko's 2. Their most recent meeting: Valentyna Ivakhnenko won at Jurmala (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cirstea | Ivakhnenko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sorana Cirstea | Valentyna Ivakhnenko | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 29/38 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 9/18 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 18/56 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 71% | 27/38 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 11/18 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 79% | 11/14 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 34/37 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cirstea 0, Ivakhnenko 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Ivakhnenko
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 58% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,059 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sorana Cirstea.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 24, 2019
Jurmala
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Ivakhnenko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | - |
| ROI % | -38.7% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.48u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Ivakhnenko |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Lara Arruabarrena
Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 30
Irina Bara
Jurmala · Round of 16
Jul 25
Sorana Cirstea
Jurmala · Round of 32
Jul 24
Anastasia Potapova
Moscow · Quarterfinals
Jul 27
Varvara Flink
Moscow · Round of 16
Jul 26
Danka Kovinic
Moscow · Round of 32
Jul 25
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 18
Viktoriya Tomova
Istanbul · Round of 32
Apr 25
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–56 matches
| Metric | Cirstea | Ivakhnenko |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | - |
| Sets won | 65% | - |
| Games won | 56% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cirstea | Ivakhnenko |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cirstea | Ivakhnenko |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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