Sorana Cirstea vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea
#17 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 6–7
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#80 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Sorana Cirstea and Yulia Putintseva have met 5 times since 2016; Yulia Putintseva leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Mallorca in 2016 on grass. On clay courts Putintseva leads 2–1. Putintseva has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Cirstea has taken 6 sets to Putintseva's 7. Their most recent meeting: Yulia Putintseva won at Australian Open - Melbourne (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cirstea | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sorana Cirstea | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 29/38 | 65% | 17/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 9/18 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 18/56 | 38% | 19/50 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 71% | 27/38 | 48% | 14/29 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 11/18 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 79% | 11/14 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 34/37 | 92% | 22/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 29/37 | 71% | 17/24 |
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 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cirstea 1, Putintseva 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cirstea
💥 Big Hitter
Putintseva
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,181 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jan 17, 2023
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
May 25, 2019
Nurnberg
C Clay · Semifinals
Apr 25, 2018
Istanbul
C Clay · Round of 32
May 26, 2017
Nurnberg
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Jun 15, 2016
Mallorca
G Grass · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cirstea | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sorana Cirstea | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| 1 or more | 89% | 8/9 | 100% | 12/12 |
| 3 or more | 56% | 5/9 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 5 or more | 44% | 4/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 10 or more | 11% | 1/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | -38.7% | -34.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.48u | -4.42u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cirstea | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (71% vs Putintseva's 29%).
| Opponent | Cirstea | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | L 26 64 57 | L 64 46 57 |
| Shuai Zhang | W 63 64 | L 46 16 |
| Sinja Kraus | W 63 63 | W 62 63 |
| Linda Noskova | L 62 36 67 | L 46 64 67 |
| Tatjana Maria | W 62 60 | L 46 46 |
| Dalma Galfi | W 75 63 | W 64 64 |
| Viktorija Golubic | W 62 26 62 | L 57 26 |
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
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Mona Barthel
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Mayar Sherif
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alina Charaeva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Claire Liu
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Chi Fan Liu
Iasi WTA · Round of 32
Jul 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 50–56 matches
| Metric | Cirstea | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 52% |
| Sets won | 65% | 52% |
| Games won | 56% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cirstea | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 2 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cirstea | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 2 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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