Sorana Cirstea and Maya Joint will play each other in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on Court 1. In the following lines 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.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.5
Maya Joint -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Maya Joint
This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Maya Joint play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cirstea and Joint (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Joint won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2026.
Highlights Maya Joint vs Sorana Cirstea – Toronto 05-August-2026
Sorana Cirstea
40 - 16win/loss
16
15
LWLLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-16 | 18-10 | 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. 16, Sorana will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Ningbo where she lost 7-6(3) 6-4 to Bejlek in the 2nd round on the 21st of October.
Cirstea has an overall 40-16 win-loss record in 2026, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Napoca where she defeated Emma Raducanu in the final 6-0 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, Sorana has an overall 611-464 record. She has a positive 297-225 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2013. See her history.
Maya Joint
20 - 26win/loss
94
28
WWLWWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-26 | 18-18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-28 | 32-19 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, the Australian got to the 1st round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 and Mai Hontama 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Hontama (7-5 6-3). During the match Joint scored 67 points vs Hontama’s 56. Joint was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Joint struck 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maya Joint lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Joint put 73% of her first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. Maya broke Hontama 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
WTA Tokyo - Maya Joint's projected path
Joint’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Seoul.
Maya has a composed 20-26 win-loss record in 2026, 18-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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