Sorana Cirstea and Donna Vekic will face off in the quarter of the Viking Classic for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.68
Donna Vekic -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 5th time that Sorana Cirstea and Donna Vekic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played, Vekic won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Biel back in 2017.
Sorana Cirstea
| 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. 36, Sorana got to the quarter after defeating Shelby Rogers 6-3 4-6 6-1 and Aleksandra Krunic 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Krunic (6-1 6-1). During the match, Cirstea scored 64 points vs Krunic’s 42. Cirstea was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cirstea struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 49% of her first serves in, winning 90% (19/21) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Krunic 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sorana has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Cirstea has a good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (232-206). 2-0 on grass in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Cirstea has a compiled 18-18 record in the last years on grass.
Sorana’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Lyon and Istanbul.
Cirstea has a composed 17-13 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-20 | 16-9 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 10-9 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, the Croatian got to the quarter after beating Katie Swan 7-5 6-4, Gabriela Lee 6-3 6-1, Coco Vandeweghe 6-4 6-4 and Caty McNally 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Donna had a good straight sets win against McNally (7-5 6-3). During the match Vekic scored 79 points vs McNally’s 65. Vekic was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Vekic fired 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 53% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Vekic broke McNally 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.
Vekic has a composed 13-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2013. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 79 |
| Pts | 146-108 | 285-228 |
| Total Points | 254 | 513 |
| Winners | 51 | 100 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Cirstea played 2 matches while Vekic competed in 4 matches. Vekic started her run from the qualifications while Cirstea had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea dropped 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cirstea has played 3 set(s) less than Vekic (5 vs 8). Therefore, Cirstea played 39 games less than Vekic. Sorana scored 51 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Donna bagged 100 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 68/120 | 136/253 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 100/136 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 26/52 | 64/117 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Cirstea struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Vekic bagged 21 aces (5.3 per match). Cirstea won 75% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cirstea | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 40% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Romanian broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sorana dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Donna broke her opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | ||||
| R1 Rogers |
R2 Krunic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 14 | 40 | |
| pts | 82-66 | 64-42 | 146-108 | |
| Total points | 148 | 106 | 254 | |
| Winners | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 30% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/77 | 21/43 | 68/120 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 49% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 19/21 | 51/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 90% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 11/22 | 26/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/14 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Vekic | ||||||
| Q1 Swan |
Q3 Talaba |
R1 Vandeweghe |
R2 McNally |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 79 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 62-43 | 67-51 | 79-65 | 285-228 | |
| Total points | 146 | 105 | 118 | 144 | 513 | |
| Winners | 28 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 40% | 30% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 39/78 | 30/49 | 32/60 | 35/66 | 136/253 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 61% | 53% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 21/30 | 27/32 | 24/35 | 100/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 70% | 84% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 12/19 | 15/28 | 18/31 | 64/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 63% | 54% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/8 | 3/6 | 5/11 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 50% | 45% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 0% | 67% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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