Sorana Cirstea and Aleksandra Krunic will square off in the 2nd round of the Viking Classic for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Ann Jones Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.46
Aleksandra Krunic -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Aleksandra Krunic

This will be the 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Aleksandra Krunic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Cirstea won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Budapest back in 2019.

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

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Rank
44
High
21
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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
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Ranked no. 36, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Shelby Rogers 6-3 4-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, Cirstea defeated Rogers (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match, Cirstea scored 82 points vs Rogers’s 66. Sorana was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cirstea fired 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 61% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Rogers 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Cirstea has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (231-206). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cirstea has a composed 17-18 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

Cirstea’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Lyon and Istanbul.

The Romanian has a compiled 16-13 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Birmingham
Cirstea's Record

Aleksandra Krunic

Aleksandra Krunic

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Rank
461
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-12 5-6 6-5 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 20-18 11-12 6-3 1-1 2-2 0-0
2023 8-8 0-1 5-4 3-2 0-1 0-0
2022 21-23 4-10 13-8 0-1 4-4 0-0
2021 39-19 9-4 21-9 8-5 1-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 103, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Kulikova 6-4 6-3 and Petra Martic 6-4 7-66.

In the 1st round, Aleksandra had a good straight sets win against Martic (6-4 7-66). During the match Krunic scored 75 points vs Martic’s 67. Krunic was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Krunic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandra Krunic lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krunic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandra was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Martic 3 times.

The Serbian has an aggregate 12-13 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Birmingham
Krunic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Cirstea
A.Krunic
1h:57
1h:57
Time on court​
!
3h:59
3h:59
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
26
26
Games Played​
60
60
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
82
82
Total points​
186
186
82
82
Avg point​
62
62
32
32
Winners
78
78
32
32
Avg Winners​
26
26
39%
39%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
32/47
32/47
1st won total​
78/114
78/114
68%
68%
1st won %
68%
68%
15/30
15/30
2nd won total​
38/63
38/63
50%
50%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
6/13
6/13
6/8
6/8
Avg BP won
2/4.3
2/4.3
!
75%
75%
Won
46%
46%
4
4
Conceded
10
10
4
4
Avg Conceded
3.3
3.3
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cirstea Krunic
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 26 42
Pts 82-66 139-114
Total Points 148 253
Winners 32 58
%Winners 39% 42%

Cirstea played 1 match while Krunic competed in 2 matches. Krunic started her run from the qualifications while Cirstea had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea surrendered 1 set while Aleksandra Krunic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cirstea has played 1 set(s) less than Krunic (3 vs 4). Therefore, Cirstea played 16 games less than Krunic. The Romanian scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian fired 58 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cirstea Krunic
Aces 3 2
Avg per match 3 1
1st in 47/77 77/123
%1st in 61% 63%
1st pts 32/47 58/77
%1st pts 68% 75%
2nd pts 15/30 30/46
%2nd pts 50% 65%

Cirstea bagged 3 aces . Krunic scored 2 aces (1 per match). Cirstea won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Krunic won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cirstea Krunic
Won 6 5
Converted 6/8 5/10
% Converted 75% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1 2
% Saved 25% 50%
Times Broken 3 2

Sorana broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sorana surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. Aleksandra broke her opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Krunic conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Cirstea
R1
Rogers		 Total
Score 6-3 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 82-66 82-66
Total points 148 148
Winners 32 32
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 47/77 47/77
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 32/47 32/47
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 15/30 15/30
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1/4 1
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 3 3
Krunic
Q1
Kulikova		 Q3
Fett		 R1
Martic		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 7-66
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 18 23 60
pts 64-47 – 75-67 139-114
Total points 111 0 142 253
Winners 31 27 58
%Winners 48% 0% 36% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1 2
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 35/53 / 42/70 77/123
% 1st in 66% 0% 60% 63%
1st pts 31/35 / 27/42 58/77
% 1st pts 89% 0% 64% 75%
2nd pts 11/18 / 19/28 30/46
% 2nd pts 61% 0% 68% 65%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/7 / 3/3 5/10
Converted % 29% 0% 100% 50%
Conceded 0 4 4
Saved 0/0 0/ 2/4 2
Saved % – – 50% 50%
Times Broken 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Birmingham

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