Sorana Cirstea and Amanda Anisimova will play each other in the 2nd round of the Melbourne Summer Set 2 for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Amanda Anisimova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Amanda Anisimova is the pick to win this match.
Amanda Anisimova -> 1.83
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Amanda Anisimova
This will be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Amanda Anisimova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Anisimova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Anisimova won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in London back in 2019.
Sorana Cirstea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 11-10 | 11-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 14-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39, Cirstea reached the 2nd round after beating Varvara Gracheva 6-0 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-0 6-0). During the match, Cirstea scored 51 points vs Gracheva’s 19. Cirstea was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cirstea struck 2 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Sorana Cirstea was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cirstea broke Gracheva 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Cirstea has a good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (216-193). 1-0 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Cirstea has an overall 111-93 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Cirstea has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Amanda Anisimova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-13 | 17-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-8 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 14-8 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-16 | 12-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Alison Van Uytvanck 7-65 1-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Van Uytvanck (7-65 1-6 7-5).During the match Anisimova scored less points (10) than Van Uytvanck. In fact, the world no. 39 won 93 points vs Van Uytvanck’s. That means that Anisimova was more focused during the important points. Amanda was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Anisimova recorded 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Amanda Anisimova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Anisimova put 72% of her first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Van Uytvanck 4 times after converting 25% of her break points (4/16).
The American has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Anisimova has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Anisimova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 32 |
| Pts | 51-19 | 93-103 |
| Total Points | 70 | 196 |
| Winners | 17 | 42 |
| %Winners | 33% | 45% |
Both Cirstea and Anisimova played 1 match. At the moment, Amanda Anisimova surrendered 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cirstea has played 1 set(s) less than Anisimova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cirstea played 20 games less than Anisimova. Sorana scored 17 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 42 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Anisimova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 61/85 |
| %1st in | 60% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 42/61 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 46% |
Cirstea fired 2 aces . Anisimova managed to score 3 aces . Cirstea won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Anisimova won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cirstea | Anisimova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 25% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 17% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Romanian pretty effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Anisimova broke her opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Amanda conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | |||
| R1 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 51-19 | 51-19 | |
| Total points | 70 | 70 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Anisimova | |||
| R1 Van Uytvanck |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 93-103 | 93-103 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/85 | 61/85 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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