Sorana Cirstea vs Venus WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 2–5
🇺🇸Venus Williams
#611 · 45 yrs · Right-Handed
14Sorana Cirstea and Venus Williams have met 3 times since 2018; Venus Williams leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Indian Wells in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Williams leads 2–0. Across all meetings Cirstea has taken 2 sets to Williams's 5. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cirstea | Williams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sorana Cirstea | Venus Williams | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 29/38 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 9/18 | 36% | 4/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 18/56 | 36% | 4/11 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 71% | 27/38 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 11/18 | 36% | 4/11 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 79% | 11/14 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 34/37 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 29/37 | 0% | 0/1 |
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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cirstea 0, Williams 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Williams
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
May 24, 2021
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · 1st Round
Aug 8, 2018
Montreal
H Hard · Round of 32
Mar 7, 2018
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 4.35 |
| ROI % | -38.7% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.48u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 2 |
| 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 (100% vs Williams's 0%).
| Opponent | Cirstea | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Kamilla Rakhimova | W 64 64 | L 46 16 |
| Anastasia Potapova | W 75 64 | L 36 36 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 62 60 | L 46 36 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | W 46 64 63 | L 46 16 |
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
Emiliana Arango
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Kamilla Rakhimova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Anastasia Potapova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Irina Camelia Begu
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 22
Kaitlin Quevedo
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 21
Francesca Jones
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Diane Parry
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Ajla Tomljanovic
ATX Open - Austin · 1st Round
Feb 24
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 11–56 matches
| Metric | Cirstea | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 0% |
| Sets won | 65% | 15% |
| Games won | 56% | 38% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cirstea | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cirstea | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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