Barbora Krejcikova and Sorana Cirstea will fight against each other in the quarter of Dubai (W100+H) for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.49
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 2nd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Sorana Cirstea play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Barbora Krejcikova
Ranked no. 65 (career high), the Czech got to the quarter after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-1 6-2 and Dalma Galfi 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Galfi (6-2 6-4). During the match Krejcikova scored 63 points vs Galfi’s 44. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krejcikova struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was very efficent on serve to win 74% (23/31) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Krejcikova broke Galfi 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Barbora hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Krejcikova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (300-162). 7-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Krejcikova has a 59-48 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Barbora’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Linz.
The Czech has a 22-9 win-loss record in 2020, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Barbora surrendered in the 1st round to Stefanie Voegele.
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 86, Cirstea reached the quarter after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-1 and Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-0 6-3). During the match Cirstea scored 55 points vs Cocciaretto’s 24. Sorana was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 67% of her first serves in, winning 79% (23/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Cocciaretto 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 65% of the points she played.
Cirstea has a 12-10 win-loss record in 2020, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
The Romanian didn’t play in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krejcikova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 30 |
| Pts | 122-80 | 125-68 |
| Total Points | 202 | 193 |
| Winners | 42 | 53 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Both Krejcikova and Cirstea played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krejcikova and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Krejcikova played 3 games more than Cirstea. The Czech scored 42 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea bagged 53 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krejcikova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 72/110 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 53/72 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 47% |
Krejcikova blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Cirstea bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Krejcikova won 75% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krejcikova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 11/13 |
| % Converted | 53% | 85% |
| Conceded | 4 | 17 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 25% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Krejcikova broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Barbora surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponents 11 times with a 85% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krejcikova | ||||
| R1 Golubic |
R2 Galfi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 33 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 63-44 | 122-80 | |
| Total points | 95 | 107 | 202 | |
| Winners | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 31/48 | 56/91 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 23/31 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 10/17 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 59% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 45% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cirstea | ||||
| R1 Blinkova |
R2 Cocciaretto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| pts | 70-44 | 55-24 | 125-68 | |
| Total points | 114 | 79 | 193 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 29/43 | 72/110 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 23/29 | 53/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 7/14 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/7 | 11/13 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 86% | 85% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 4/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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