Sorana Cirstea vs Yue YuanPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#16 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5w1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇨🇳Yue Yuan
#141 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Sorana Cirstea and Yue Yuan have met 1 time since 2025; Sorana Cirstea leads 1–0. Across all meetings Cirstea has taken 2 sets to Yuan's 1. Their most recent meeting: Sorana Cirstea won at Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cirstea | Yuan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sorana Cirstea | Yue Yuan | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 78% | 32/41 | 56% | 14/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 8/16 | 57% | 17/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 17/57 | 51% | 28/55 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 30/40 | 31% | 10/32 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 65% | 11/17 | 68% | 15/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 80% | 12/15 | 50% | 5/10 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 37/40 | 64% | 18/28 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 32/40 | 50% | 14/28 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cirstea 0, Yuan 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cirstea
👑 The Complete Package
Yuan
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 11, 2025
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati
H Hard · 3rd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cirstea | Yuan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sorana Cirstea | Yue Yuan | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 57% | 4/7 | 20% | 2/10 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–3 | 5–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.98 | 2.46 |
| ROI % | -20.0% | -37.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.40u | -4.49u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 4 |
| Distance | — | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | — | POR → ROU → CZE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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 Yuan's 33%).
| Opponent | Cirstea | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Mirra Andreeva | L 06 36 | L 63 06 06 |
| Nikola Bartunkova | W 76 63 | L 63 46 16 |
| Kimberly Birrell | W 63 64 | W 63 62 |
| Dalma Galfi | W | L 26 46 |
| Daria Snigur | W 60 63 | L 64 06 57 |
| Tamara Zidansek | W 61 60 | W 63 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Caty Mcnally
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Mirra Andreeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Oleksandra Oliynykova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Dayeon Back
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Mary Stoiana
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Julia Avdeeva
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Hanyu Guo
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 13
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–57 matches
| Metric | Cirstea | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 72% | 45% |
| Sets won | 69% | 49% |
| Games won | 57% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cirstea | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cirstea | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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