Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 6. 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 Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.53
Anna Kalinskaya -> 2.58
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Anna Kalinskaya
This will be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kalinskaya won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in New York back in 2020.
Sorana Cirstea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 27, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after defeating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Tomljanovic (6-4 7-5). During the match, Cirstea scored 72 points vs Tomljanovic’s 57. Cirstea was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cirstea scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 47% of her first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Tomljanovic 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Cirstea has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (225-199). 6-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Cirstea has a compiled 116-97 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Lyon.
The Romanian has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Anna Kalinskaya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-6 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-19 | 28-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-18 | 16-15 | 7-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-20 | 22-10 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 19-12 | 3-7 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, the Russian reached the 3rd round after defeating Reese Brantmeier 6-4 6-1, Harmony Tan 6-2 1-0 ret. and Alize Cornet 6-4 0-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Cornet (6-4 0-6 6-2).During the match Kalinskaya scored less points (3) than Cornet. In fact, the world no. 27 won 72 points vs Cornet’s. That means that Kalinskaya was more focused during the important points. Kalinskaya was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Kalinskaya scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 70% of her first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Kalinskaya broke Cornet 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kalinskaya started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Kalinskaya’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Guadalajara.
Anna has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Kalinskaya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 50 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 158-124 |
| Total Points | 129 | 282 |
| Winners | 22 | 65 |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% |
Cirstea played 1 match while Kalinskaya competed in 3 matches. Kalinskaya started her run from the qualifications while Cirstea had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Anna Kalinskaya conceded 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cirstea has played 6 set(s) less than Kalinskaya (2 vs 8). Therefore, Cirstea played 28 games less than Kalinskaya. The Romanian scored 22 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Anna struck 65 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Kalinskaya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 29/62 | 96/150 |
| %1st in | 47% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 65/96 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 31/54 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Cirstea fired 1 ace . Kalinskaya also struck 1 ace (0.3 per match). Cirstea won 76% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kalinskaya won 68% 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 | Cirstea | Kalinskaya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 12/18 |
| % Converted | 86% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 33% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Sorana broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Romanian dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | |||
| R2 Tomljanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/62 | 29/62 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kalinskaya | ||||||
| Q1 Brantmeier |
Q3 Wang |
R1 Tan |
R2 Cornet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 1-0 ret. | 6-4 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 69 | |
| pts | 55-29 | – | 31-20 | 72-75 | 158-124 | |
| Total points | 84 | 0 | 51 | 147 | 282 | |
| Winners | 19 | 11 | 35 | 65 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 0% | 35% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 25/44 | / | 16/27 | 55/79 | 96/150 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 0% | 59% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | / | 11/16 | 35/55 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 69% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | / | 8/11 | 10/24 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 0% | 73% | 42% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 5/5 | / | 3/5 | 4/8 | 12/18 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 0% | 60% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/ | 1/1 | 3/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 100% | 43% | 176% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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- Shelby RogersRogers – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Kaja JuvanJuvan (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria SavilleSaville – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 6-70 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-6 7-60 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Claire LiuLiu (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Ann LiLi (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
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- Madison KeysKeys – Misaki DoiDoi (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (5-7 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Horacio ZeballosZeballos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Ernests GulbisGulbis (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
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- David FerrerFerrer – Dustin BrownBrown (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Kaja JuvanJuvan (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-6 7-6(0) 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-7(4) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria SavilleSaville – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 6-7(0) 6-4) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Astra SharmaSharma (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Simona HalepHalep – Cori GauffGauff (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Danka KovinicKovinic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Clara TausonTauson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Angelique KerberKerber (4-5) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Madison KeysKeys – Alison RiskeRiske (6-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Shelby RogersRogers (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-0) – H2H and prediction
