Sorana Cirstea vs Varvara GrachevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–0
🇫🇷Varvara Gracheva
#148 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
24wSorana Cirstea and Varvara Gracheva have met 3 times since 2022; Sorana Cirstea leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Melbourne Summer Set 2 - Melbourne in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Cirstea leads 2–0. Cirstea has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Cirstea has taken 6 sets to Gracheva's 0. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cirstea | Gracheva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sorana Cirstea | Varvara Gracheva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 29/38 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 9/18 | 20% | 2/10 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 18/56 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 71% | 27/38 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 11/18 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 79% | 11/14 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 34/37 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 29/37 | 20% | 1/5 |
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 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cirstea 3, Gracheva 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Gracheva
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Sorana Cirstea and Varvara Gracheva are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,096 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jul 17, 2025
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi
C Clay · 2nd Round
Aug 7, 2023
Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 4, 2022
Melbourne Summer Set 2 - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Gracheva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Cirstea's 33%).
| Opponent | Cirstea | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | L 26 64 57 | L 46 06 |
| Linda Noskova | L 62 36 67 | W 62 26 75 |
| Viktorija Golubic | W 62 26 62 | W 61 26 61 |
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
Magda Linette
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 17
Lilli Tagger
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Jessica Pegula
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 2nd Round
Feb 17
Rebecca Sramkova
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round
Feb 16
Maria Sakkari
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 3rd Round
Feb 11
Linda Noskova
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 2nd Round
Feb 10
Laura Siegemund
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 1st Round
Feb 8
Elena Rybakina
Australian Open - Melbourne · 2nd Round
Jan 22
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 16–56 matches
| Metric | Cirstea | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 38% |
| Sets won | 65% | 36% |
| Games won | 56% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cirstea | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cirstea | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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