Sorana Cirstea and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the semifinal of the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.86
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Veronika Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Cirstea won 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs Veronika Kudermetova – U.S. Open 31-August-2021
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. 24, the Romanian reached the semifinal after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 6-1, Arantxa Rus 3-6 6-1 7-5 and Julia Grabher 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, Sorana had a good straight sets win against Grabher (7-5 6-1). During the match, Cirstea scored 69 points vs Grabher’s 51. Sorana was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cirstea couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 76% of her first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Grabher 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Cirstea has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (229-201). 3-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cirstea has a compiled 76-57 record in the last years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Lyon.
Sorana has a compiled 14-8 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Istanbul
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-24 | 10-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-22 | 18-14 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 27-13 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 15-13 | 14-4 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Kudermetova got to the semifinal after defeating Marina Melnikova 6-2 6-0, Ana Bogdan w/o and Anna Bondar 7-69 7-63.
In the quarter, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Bondar (7-69 7-63). During the match Kudermetova scored 91 points vs Bondar’s 88. Veronika was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Kudermetova fired 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 61% (36/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bondar 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Veronika hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Kudermetova’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Melbourne and Dubai.
Veronika has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Istanbul
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 40 |
| Pts | 234-185 | 156-133 |
| Total Points | 419 | 289 |
| Winners | 99 | 59 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Cirstea played 3 matches while Kudermetova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea surrendered 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t lost a set so far. Cirstea has played 3 sets more than Kudermetova (7 vs 4). Therefore, Cirstea played 24 games more than Kudermetova. Sorana scored 99 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kudermetova scored 59 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 153/217 | 93/143 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 99/153 | 59/93 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 26/64 | 30/50 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 60% |
Cirstea struck 6 aces (2 per match). Kudermetova recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Cirstea won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cirstea | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 9 |
| Converted | 19/31 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 61% | 39% |
| Conceded | 22 | 9 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 4 |
Sorana broke her opponents 19 times with a 61% conversion rate. Sorana lost her serve 11 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Veronika broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | |||||
| R1 Rakhimova |
R2 Rus |
1/4 Grabher |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 3-6 6-1 7-5 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 19 | 64 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 101-90 | 69-51 | 234-185 | |
| Total points | 108 | 191 | 120 | 419 | |
| Winners | 25 | 41 | 33 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 66/97 | 51/67 | 153/217 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | 76% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 41/66 | 33/51 | 99/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 62% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/17 | 16/31 | 6/16 | 26/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 52% | 38% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 6/10 | 6/6 | 19/31 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 60% | 100% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 7/11 | 1/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 64% | 25% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Kudermetova | |||||
| R1 Melnikova |
R2 Bogdan |
1/4 Bondar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | w/o | 7-69 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | – | 26 | 40 | |
| pts | 65-45 | – | 91-88 | 156-133 | |
| Total points | 110 | – | 179 | 289 | |
| Winners | 23 | – | 36 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 35% | – | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | – | 59/95 | 93/143 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | – | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | – | 36/59 | 59/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | – | 61% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | – | 21/36 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | – | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | – | 4/9 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 36% | – | 44% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | – | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | – | 2/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 33% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | – | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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