Sorana Cirstea and Julia Grabher will square off in the quarter of the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.3
Julia Grabher -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Julia Grabher

This will be the 2^nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Julia Grabher play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Cirstea won 2-3 ret. in the 1^st round in Linz back in 2020.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 24, Cirstea got to the quarter after defeating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 6-1 and Arantxa Rus 3-6 6-1 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Rus, Sorana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, Cirstea scored 101 points vs Rus’s 90. Cirstea was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cirstea made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 68% of her first serves in, winning 62% (41/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Rus 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.

Cirstea has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (228-201). 2-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Cirstea has a compiled 75-57 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Cirstea’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Lyon.

The Romanian has a compiled 13-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Istanbul

Julia Grabher

Ranked no. 194, the Austrian reached the quarter after defeating Anastasia Tikhonova 6-3 6-3, Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3 6-1, Pemra Ozgen 7-5 6-2 and Jil Teichmann 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Grabher had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (6-4 6-4). During the match Grabher scored 71 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 62. Julia was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Grabher managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Julia Grabher lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Grabher put 73% of her first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Julia broke Belen Teichmann 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Grabher started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.

Grabher has a composed 20-11 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Istanbul

Grabher has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cirstea	Grabher
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	8
Tot Games	45	74
Pts	165-134	275-207
Total Points	299	482
Winners	66	117
%Winners	40%	43%

Cirstea played 2 matches while Grabher competed in 4 matches. Grabher started her run from the qualifications while Cirstea had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea conceded 1 set while Julia Grabher hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cirstea has played 3 set(s) less than Grabher (5 vs 8). Therefore, Cirstea played 29 games less than Grabher. The Romanian scored 66 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian fired 117 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cirstea	Grabher
Aces	6	7
Avg per match	3	1.8
1st in	102/150	171/232
%1st in	68%	74%
1st pts	66/102	117/171
%1st pts	65%	68%
2nd pts	20/48	31/61
%2nd pts	42%	51%

Cirstea managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Grabher blasted 7 aces (1.8 per match). Cirstea won 65% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Grabher won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cirstea	Grabher
Won	13	19
Converted	13/25	19/36
% Converted	52%	53%
Conceded	18	22
Saved	10	15
% Saved	56%	68%
Times Broken	8	7

Sorana broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Cirstea lost her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Austrian broke her opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Cirstea
	R1 Rakhimova	R2 Rus	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	3-6 6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	28	45
pts	64-44	101-90	165-134
Total points	108	191	299
Winners	25	41	66
%Winners	39%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	6
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	36/53	66/97	102/150
% 1st in	68%	68%	68%
1st pts	25/36	41/66	66/102
% 1st pts	69%	62%	65%
2nd pts	4/17	16/31	20/48
% 2nd pts	24%	52%	42%
Breaks
Won	7	6	13
Converted	7/15	6/10	13/25
Converted %	47%	60%	52%
Conceded	7	11	18
Saved	3/7	7/11	10
Saved %	43%	64%	54%
Times Broken	4	4	8

Grabher
	Q1 Tikhonova	Q3 Rakhimova	R1 Ozgen	R2 Belen Teichmann	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-1	7-5 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	18	16	20	20	74
pts	68-48	64-43	72-54	71-62	275-207
Total points	116	107	126	133	482
Winners	30	25	27	35	117
%Winners	44%	39%	38%	49%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	2	2	7
Double Faults	3	2	3	2	10
1st in	44/59	33/45	45/61	49/67	171/232
% 1st in	75%	73%	74%	73%	74%
1st pts	30/44	25/33	27/45	35/49	117/171
% 1st pts	68%	76%	60%	71%	68%
2nd pts	7/15	6/12	10/16	8/18	31/61
% 2nd pts	47%	50%	63%	44%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	5	6	3	19
Converted	5/11	5/10	6/10	3/5	19/36
Converted %	45%	50%	60%	60%	53%
Conceded	9	1	6	6	22
Saved	7/9	0/1	3/6	5/6	15
Saved %	78%	0%	50%	83%	106%
Times Broken	2	1	3	1	7

Tennis Scores in Istanbul

• Marie Bouzkova/Sara Sorribes TormoBouzkova/Sara Sorribes Tormo – Berfu Cengiz/Ipek OzCengiz/Ipek Oz (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alicia Barnett/Olivia NichollsBarnett/Olivia Nicholls – Samantha Murray/Julia LohoffMurray/Julia Lohoff (7-6¹ 2-6 10-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Joao SousaSousa (6-7¹⁰ 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Robin HaaseHaase – David GoffinGoffin (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Julia GrabherGrabher – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H and prediction