Belinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 11. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.38
Sorana Cirstea -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2022.
Belinda Bencic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2023 | 31-13 | 24-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 42-18 | 13-9 | 13-4 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 37-20 | 22-9 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 8-8 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 50-22 | 23-9 | 11-6 | 9-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, Bencic got to the 2nd round after beating Andrea Petkovic 6-2 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Bencic defeated Petkovic (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Bencic scored 90 points vs Petkovic’s 77. Belinda was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bencic blasted 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Petkovic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Bencic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (329-177). 11-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has an aggregate 152-87 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Charleston where she beat Ons Jabeur in the final 6-1 5-7 6-4.
Bencic has an overall 32-15 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Sorana Cirstea
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 37, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-4 6-4). During the match Cirstea scored 69 points vs Siegemund’s 57. Sorana was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea recorded 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 63% of her first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Siegemund 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Cirstea’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Lyon, Istanbul and Birmingham.
Cirstea has a composed 22-19 win-loss record in 2022, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2009, 2019 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Bencic | Cirstea |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 28 | 20 |
Pts | 90-77 | 69-57 |
Total Points | 167 | 126 |
Winners | 44 | 23 |
%Winners | 49% | 33% |
Both Bencic and Cirstea played 1 match. At the moment, Belinda Bencic dropped 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bencic has played 1 set more than Cirstea (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bencic played 8 games more than Cirstea. Belinda scored 44 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 23 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Bencic | Cirstea |
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Aces | 8 | 3 |
Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
1st in | 54/80 | 36/57 |
%1st in | 68% | 63% |
1st pts | 44/54 | 23/36 |
%1st pts | 81% | 64% |
2nd pts | 12/26 | 13/21 |
%2nd pts | 46% | 62% |
Bencic struck 8 aces . Cirstea managed to score 3 aces . Bencic won 81% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Bencic | Cirstea |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 5 |
Converted | 4/8 | 5/8 |
% Converted | 50% | 63% |
Conceded | 4 | 6 |
Saved | 2 | 3 |
% Saved | 50% | 50% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Belinda broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
Bencic | |||
R1 Petkovic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 90-77 | 90-77 | |
Total points | 167 | 167 | |
Winners | 44 | 44 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 54/80 | 54/80 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
1st pts | 44/54 | 44/54 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Cirstea | |||
R1 Siegemund |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
Total points | 126 | 126 | |
Winners | 23 | 23 | |
%Winners | 33% | 33% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
% 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
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