Kaia Kanepi and Sorana Cirstea will face off in the qualifications of the Adelaide International 2 for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:00 am on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaia Kanepi who should win in 3 sets.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.83
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 8th time that Kaia Kanepi and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kanepi won 6-1 6-7(1) 6-4 in the qualifications in New Haven back in 2014.
Kaia Kanepi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-22 | 6-10 | 11-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-19 | 15-11 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 16-8 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-5 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Kaia reached the qualifications after beating Anna Bondar 6-1 7-65.
In the qualifications, Kaia had a good straight sets win against Bondar (6-1 7-65). During the match, Kanepi scored 73 points vs Bondar’s 54. The Estonian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kanepi made 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kaia Kanepi was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (30/35) of her 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kanepi broke Bondar twice after converting 25% of her break points (2/8).
Kanepi has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (213-117). 2-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kanepi has an overall 95-59 match record in the last years on hard.
The Estonian has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 45, Sorana reached the qualifications after beating Camila Giorgi 5-7 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications against Giorgi, Cirstea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-0). During the match Cirstea scored 99 points vs Giorgi’s 85. Cirstea was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Cirstea blasted 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 75% of her first serves in, winning 59% (45/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Giorgi 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Cirstea has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st
round in 2022. See her history.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kanepi | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 |
| Pts | 73-54 | 99-85 |
| Total Points | 127 | 184 |
| Winners | 30 | 45 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Kanepi and Cirstea played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sorana Cirstea dropped 1 set while Kaia Kanepi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kanepi has played 1 set(s) less than Cirstea (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kanepi played 8 games less than Cirstea. The Estonian scored 30 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea managed to score 45 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kanepi | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 76/102 |
| %1st in | 58% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 45/76 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 54% |
Kanepi scored 6 aces . Cirstea blasted 7 aces . Kanepi won 86% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kanepi | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 25% | 70% |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Estonian broke her opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Kanepi extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Sorana broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kanepi | |||
| Q1 Bondar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 73-54 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 35/60 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cirstea | |||
| Q1 Giorgi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 99-85 | 99-85 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 76/102 | 76/102 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 45/76 | 45/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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