Sorana Cirstea and Katerina Siniakova will face off in the 2nd round of the Ningbo Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.45
Katerina Siniakova -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Katerina Siniakova
This will be the 5th time that Sorana Cirstea and Katerina Siniakova clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Cirstea won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in the W100+H Dubai back in 2020.
Sorana Cirstea
31 - 19win/loss
26
21
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31-19 | 21-12 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-21 | 10-10 | 4-6 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 11-10 | 11-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 14-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 21-21 | 9-9 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Claire Liu 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Liu (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Cirstea scored 106 points vs Liu’s 96. Sorana was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cirstea scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she was not very solid on her 2nd Serve to score 10 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Liu 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Cirstea has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (234-206). 21-12 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cirstea has a composed 115-98 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Reus where she overcame Elizabeth Mandlik in the final 6-1 4-6 7-6(1).
Sorana has an overall 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ningbo
Sorana has never competed in this tournament before.
Katerina Siniakova
15 - 16win/loss
90
31
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15-16 | 9-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-21 | 21-13 | 6-5 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 9-10 | 7-4 | 1-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 11-8 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 22-29 | 11-15 | 9-7 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, Katerina reached the 2nd round after defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Mandlik (6-0 6-4). During the match Siniakova scored 63 points vs Mandlik’s 43. Katerina was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Siniakova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Katerina Siniakova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Siniakova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 58% (23/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Katerina broke Mandlik 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Bad Homburg where she beat Lucia Bronzetti in the final 6-2 7-6(5).
Siniakova has an overall 15-16 win-loss record in 2023, 9-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 16 |
| Pts | 106-96 | 63-43 |
| Total Points | 202 | 106 |
| Winners | 42 | 23 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Cirstea and Siniakova played 1 match. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea surrendered 1 set while Katerina Siniakova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cirstea has played 1 set more than Siniakova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cirstea played 15 games more than Siniakova. Cirstea scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Katerina bagged 23 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 66/110 | 40/57 |
| %1st in | 60% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 23/40 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Cirstea fired 1 ace . Siniakova also struck 1 ace . Cirstea won 64% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Siniakova won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cirstea | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 56% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sorana dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Siniakova conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | |||
| R1 Liu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 106-96 | 106-96 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 66/110 | 66/110 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 42/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Siniakova | |||
| R1 Mandlik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 63-43 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
