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

Sorana Cirstea

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Rank
43
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, 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

Birmingham
Cirstea's Record

Donna Vekic

Donna Vekic

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Rank
70
High
17
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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
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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.

Birmingham
Vekic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Cirstea
D.Vekic
3h:09
3h:09
Time on court​
!
5h:55
5h:55
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
40
40
Games Played​
79
79
5
5
Set played​​
8
8
146
146
Total points​
285
285
73
73
Avg point​
71.3
71.3
51
51
Winners
100
100
25.5
25.5
Avg Winners​
25
25
35%
35%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
21
21
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
6
6
Double Faults
19
19
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4.8
4.8
51/68
51/68
1st won total​
100/136
100/136
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
26/52
26/52
2nd won total​
64/117
64/117
50%
50%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
11/22
11/22
BP won
17/33
17/33
5.5/11
5.5/11
Avg BP won
4.3/8.3
4.3/8.3
50%
50%
Won
!
52%
52%
5
5
Conceded
14
14
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
3
3
Broken
6
6
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
2
2
Saved
8
8
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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

Tennis Scores in Birmingham

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