Katerina Siniakova and Sorana Cirstea will clash against each other in the final of Dubai (W100+H) for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.79
Katerina Siniakova -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Katerina Siniakova vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 4th time that Katerina Siniakova and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Cirstea won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2018.
Katerina Siniakova
Ranked no. 64, Katerina got to the 1st round after beating Ankita Raina 1-6 6-2 6-2, Anna Schmiedlova 6-2 6-2, Heather Watson 6-2 7-5 and Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3 6-72 6-4.
In the semifinal, Katerina defeated Gabriela Ruse (6-3 6-72 6-4). During the match Siniakova scored 111 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 102. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Siniakova scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 5 double faults. Katerina Siniakova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Siniakova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 57% (43/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Gabriela Ruse 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Siniakova has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Siniakova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (277-187). 11-7 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Siniakova has a 99-79 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Siniakova’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W100+H Dubai.
Siniakova has a 16-14 win-loss record in 2020, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Katerina didn’t play in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 86, Sorana got to the 1st round after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-1, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-0 6-3, Barbora Krejcikova 7-65 1-6 6-3 and Polona Hercog 7-5 4-6 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Romanian defeated Hercog (7-5 4-6 7-5). During the match Cirstea scored 112 points vs Hercog’s 107. Cirstea was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 74% of her first serves in, winning 66% (57/87) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Hercog 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Cirstea’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W100+H Dubai.
Cirstea has a 14-10 win-loss record in 2020, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Siniakova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 91 | 93 |
| Pts | 323-273 | 328-272 |
| Total Points | 596 | 600 |
| Winners | 122 | 154 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Both Siniakova and Cirstea played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Katerina Siniakova conceded 2 sets, while Sorana Cirstea dropper 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Siniakova and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Siniakova played 2 games less than Cirstea. Katerina scored 122 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea blasted 154 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Siniakova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 198/311 | 226/334 |
| %1st in | 64% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 122/198 | 154/226 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 63/113 | 52/108 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 48% |
Siniakova scored 7 aces (1.8 per match). Cirstea made 9 aces (2.3 per match). Siniakova won 62% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Siniakova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 22 | 18 |
| Converted | 22/35 | 18/23 |
| % Converted | 63% | 78% |
| Conceded | 35 | 35 |
| Saved | 25 | 25 |
| % Saved | 71% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 10 |
The Czech broke her opponents 22 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Czech conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 18 times with a 78% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Siniakova | ||||||
| R1 Raina |
R2 Anna Schmiedlova |
1/4 Watson |
1/2 Gabriela Ruse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-72 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 20 | 32 | 91 | |
| pts | 80-72 | 59-39 | 73-60 | 111-102 | 323-273 | |
| Total points | 152 | 98 | 133 | 213 | 596 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 32 | 43 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 44% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 31/46 | 47/77 | 75/114 | 198/311 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 61% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/45 | 23/31 | 32/47 | 43/75 | 122/198 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 74% | 68% | 57% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/15 | 13/30 | 22/39 | 63/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 73% | 43% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 7/9 | 22/35 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 56% | 78% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 35 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/4 | 6/8 | 9/13 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 75% | 69% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Cirstea | ||||||
| R1 Blinkova |
R2 Cocciaretto |
1/4 Krejcikova |
1/2 Hercog |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-3 | 7-65 1-6 6-3 | 7-5 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 29 | 34 | 93 | |
| pts | 70-44 | 55-24 | 91-97 | 112-107 | 328-272 | |
| Total points | 114 | 79 | 188 | 219 | 600 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 44 | 57 | 154 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 48% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 29/43 | 67/106 | 87/118 | 226/334 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 63% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 23/29 | 44/67 | 57/87 | 154/226 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 66% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 7/14 | 17/39 | 17/31 | 52/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 50% | 44% | 55% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 4/6 | 18/23 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 86% | 75% | 67% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 35 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 4/6 | 5/9 | 6/9 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | 56% | 67% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
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