Johanna Konta and Sorana Cirstea will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2 pm on Court 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johanna Konta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johanna Konta is the pick to win this match.
Johanna Konta -> 1.18
Sorana Cirstea -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Johanna Konta vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 3rd time that Johanna Konta and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Konta (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Konta won 6-2 6-3 in the Rubber 2 in 2 back in 2017.
Johanna Konta
Ranked no. 13, Konta got to the Rubber 2 after defeating Heather Watson 7-67 6-1.
In the 1st round, Johanna had a good straight sets win against Watson (7-67 6-1). During the match Konta scored 85 points vs Watson’s 66. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Konta made 11 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Johanna Konta was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (33/41) of her 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Watson 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Konta has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (927-490). 7-5 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Konta has a 333-195 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Konta’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Monterrey and New York.
Konta has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Johanna capitulated in the quarter 6-4 6-4 to Elina Svitolina.
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 77, the Romanian got to the Rubber 2 after defeating Christina Mchale 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Mchale (6-4 7-5). During the match Cirstea scored 70 points vs Mchale’s 61. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 65% of her first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Mchale 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Cirstea has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (602-526). 8-5 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Cirstea has a 256-223 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Romanian has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Sorana lost in the 3rd round 7-5 6-2 to Taylor Townsend.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Konta | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 85-66 | 70-61 |
| Total Points | 151 | 131 |
| Winners | 33 | 31 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Konta and Cirstea played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Konta and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Konta played 2 games less than Cirstea. The Brit scored 33 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sorana made 31 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Konta | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 1 |
| 1st in | 41/61 | 45/69 |
| %1st in | 67% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 31/45 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 10/24 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 42% |
Konta managed to score 11 aces . Cirstea managed to score 1 ace . Konta won 80% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Konta | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 83% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Konta broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Konta dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Konta | |||
| R1 Watson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 85-66 | 85-66 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cirstea | |||
| R1 Mchale |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-61 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 45/69 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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