Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya will square off in the 3rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on Stadium 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.73
Anna Kalinskaya -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Anna Kalinskaya
This will be the 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs Anna Kalinskaya – U.S. Open 30-August-2023
Sorana Cirstea
35 - 12win/loss
16
15
LWWWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-14 | 17-8 | 14-4 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 19, Sorana got to the 3rd round after beating Nikola Bartunkova 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Sorana had a good straight sets win against Bartunkova (7-65 6-3). During the match, Cirstea scored 87 points vs Bartunkova’s 81. Cirstea was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cirstea scored 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 58% of her first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Bartunkova 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
WTA Cincinnati - Sorana Cirstea's projected path
Cirstea has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (237-191). 13-6 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Cirstea has an overall 138-100 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Napoca where she overcame Emma Raducanu in the final 6-0 6-2.
Sorana has a compiled 35-12 win-loss record in 2026, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2025. See her history.
Anna Kalinskaya
24 - 16win/loss
22
11
LLWWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-19 | 16-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 25-21 | 16-14 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-19 | 28-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-18 | 16-15 | 7-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-20 | 22-10 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Kalinskaya reached the 3rd round after defeating Caty McNally 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Anna had a good straight sets win against McNally (6-3 6-4). During the match Kalinskaya scored 60 points vs McNally’s 53. Anna was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Kalinskaya wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 48% of her first serves in, winning 57% (16/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke McNally 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
WTA Cincinnati - Anna Kalinskaya's projected path
The Russian has a composed 24-16 win-loss record in 2026, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Kalinskaya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 87-81 | 60-53 |
| Total Points | 168 | 113 |
| Winners | 40 | 16 |
| %Winners | 46% | 27% |
Both Cirstea and Kalinskaya played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cirstea and Kalinskaya have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cirstea played 3 games more than Kalinskaya. Cirstea scored 40 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 16 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Kalinskaya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 28/58 |
| %1st in | 58% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 16/28 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 16/30 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 53% |
Cirstea blasted 3 aces . Kalinskaya didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cirstea won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kalinskaya won 57% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cirstea | Kalinskaya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 83% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Sorana broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Cirstea dropped her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kalinskaya conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | |||
| R2 Bartunkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 87-81 | 87-81 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 53/91 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kalinskaya | |||
| R2 McNally |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 60-53 | 60-53 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/58 | 28/58 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Madison KeysKeys – Daria SnigurSnigur (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Emiliana ArangoArango (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (7-6(8) 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Xinyu WangWang – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Lois BoissonBoisson – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandra EalaEala – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Simona WaltertWaltert (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-67 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Diane ParryParry – Elise MertensMertens (2-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Xinyu WangWang – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Daria SnigurSnigur (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (7-6(8) 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Emiliana ArangoArango (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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- Emma NavarroNavarro – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-3) – H2H and prediction
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- Diane ParryParry – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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