Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea will square off in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.61
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Sorana Cirstea
There is no head to head record between Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 20, Vondrousova got to the 3rd round after beating Rebecca Peterson 2-6 7-5 7-5 and Rebecca Marino 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Marino (6-1 7-5). During the match Vondrousova scored 74 points vs Marino’s 59. Vondrousova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vondrousova scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 44% of her first serves in, winning 63% (19/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the 2nd serve. Marketa broke Marino 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Vondrousova has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 71% of her matches (185-76). 5-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vondrousova has a 51-32 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Vondrousova’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Czech has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Czech lost in the 1st round to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 68, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after beating Patricia Maria Tig 6-2 6-1 and Petra Kvitova 6-4 1-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Sorana defeated Kvitova (6-4 1-6 6-1). During the match Cirstea scored 88 points vs Kvitova’s 85. Sorana was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea scored 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 57% of her first serves in, winning 55% (28/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Kvitova 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cirstea has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Romanian has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Sorana surrendered in the 2nd round to Cori Gauff.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 39 |
| Pts | 179-160 | 144-114 |
| Total Points | 339 | 258 |
| Winners | 58 | 52 |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% |
Both Vondrousova and Cirstea played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marketa Vondrousova dropped 1 set, while Sorana Cirstea dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vondrousova and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Vondrousova played 12 games more than Cirstea. Marketa scored 58 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian recorded 52 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 101/178 | 81/132 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 58/101 | 52/81 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 40/77 | 29/51 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 57% |
Vondrousova bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Cirstea struck 6 aces (3 per match). Vondrousova won 57% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vondrousova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 10 |
| Converted | 14/26 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 54% | 43% |
| Conceded | 28 | 14 |
| Saved | 18 | 9 |
| % Saved | 64% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 5 |
Marketa broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Vondrousova lost her serve 10 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | ||||
| R1 Peterson |
R2 Marino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 7-5 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 105-101 | 74-59 | 179-160 | |
| Total points | 206 | 133 | 339 | |
| Winners | 39 | 19 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 26% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 71/110 | 30/68 | 101/178 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 44% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/71 | 19/30 | 58/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 63% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 22/38 | 40/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 58% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 6/10 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 11 | 28 | |
| Saved | 9/17 | 9/11 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 82% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Cirstea | ||||
| R1 Maria Tig |
R2 Kvitova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 24 | 39 | |
| pts | 56-29 | 88-85 | 144-114 | |
| Total points | 85 | 173 | 258 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 51/89 | 81/132 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 28/51 | 52/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 55% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 19/38 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/16 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 8/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 62% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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