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

Sorana Cirstea

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
44
High
21
LWWLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-20 26-14 3-2 1-2 0-2 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

Indian Wells
Cirstea's Record

Anna Kalinskaya

Anna Kalinskaya

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
33
High
11
LWWLWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-21 16-14 5-4 3-1 1-2 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.

Indian Wells
Kalinskaya's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Cirstea
A.Kalinskaya
1h:35
1h:35
Time on court​
!
4h:46
4h:46
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
1h:50
1h:50
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
22
22
Games Played​
69
69
2
2
Set played​​
10
10
72
72
Total points​
211
211
72
72
Avg point​
52.8
52.8
22
22
Winners
86
86
22
22
Avg Winners​
21.5
21.5
31%
31%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
0.5
0.5
3
3
Double Faults
13
13
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
22/29
22/29
1st won total​
86/125
86/125
!
76%
76%
1st won %
69%
69%
14/33
14/33
2nd won total​
41/87
41/87
42%
42%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/7
6/7
BP won
14/22
14/22
6/7
6/7
Avg BP won
3.5/5.5
3.5/5.5
!
86%
86%
Won
!
64%
64%
6
6
Conceded
22
22
6
6
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
4
4
Broken
10
10
4
4
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
2
2
Saved
12
12

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

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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