Sorana Cirstea and Moyuka Uchijima will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.31
Moyuka Uchijima -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Moyuka Uchijima
This will be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Moyuka Uchijima square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Cleveland back in August 2025.
Sorana Cirstea
26 - 18win/loss
43
21
LWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-20 | 26-14 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-16 | 9-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-22 | 21-14 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 58, the Romanian will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Zhang in the 2nd round on the 8th of October.
Cirstea has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2025, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Cleveland where she defeated Ann Li in the final 6-2 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, The Romanian has an overall 566-446 record. She has a positive 274-213 record on hard.
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2013. See her history.
Moyuka Uchijima
24 - 30win/loss
94
47
LLLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-32 | 15-21 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-26 | 25-14 | 22-5 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-34 | 23-21 | 7-9 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-28 | 24-15 | 19-5 | 11-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-9 | 19-5 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, the Japanese will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-1 6-0 to Gauff in the 2nd round on the 8th of October.
The Japanese has a compiled 24-29 win-loss record in 2025, 15-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Moyuka has an overall 263-185 record. She has a positive 154-114 record on hard.
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Simone Bolelli/Guillermo DuranBolelli/Guillermo Duran – Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Julian LenzLenz (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Niklas GuttauGuttau (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Maximilian MartererMarterer (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinCachin – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-4 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steven DiezDiez – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Peter HellerHeller (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Emiliana ArangoArango (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
