Sorana Cirstea is about to play against Jelena Ostapenko on Friday the 12th of May in Rome. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Sorana Cirstea is at the moment ranked no.34 with points with the status of Romanian no.3 after Simona Halep (world no.30) and Irina-Camelia Begu who is world no.27.
On the opposite side, Jelena Ostapenko is presently ranked no.20 placed as the Latvian no.1 with 1795 points ahead of Darja Semenistaja who has 385 points and is ranked no.182.
Live Rankings
| 39 | 8 | | 1335 |
| 40 | 24 | | 1325 |
| 41 | 21 | | 1307 |
| 42 | 40 | | 1281 |
| 43 | 40 | | 1265 |
| 44 | 36 | | 1239 |
| 45 | 29 | | 1235 |
| 46 | 27 | | 1227 |
| 47 | 27 | | 1214 |
| 48 | 11 | | 1185 |
| 49 | 46 | | 1161 |
| 50 CH | 50 | | 1160 |
Cirstea is 6 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.28. Her career-best rank was no.21.
Sorana Cirstea will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Ostapenko in the 2nd round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Irina-Camelia Begu who has 1452 points. If Cirstea wins, she will have 1357 points.
Cirstea will have 71 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 1 point on the 22nd of May (Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg) and 70 points on the 5th of June (French Open – Paris).
In her live rankings, out of 1327 points, Sorana has gained 915 points (69%) on Hard Court, 301 points (23%) on Clay and 111 points (8%) on Grass.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Cirstea is still ranked no.29 placed as the Romanian no.2.
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H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
Cirstea and Ostapenko played each other twice. The head to head is 0-2 for Ostapenko.
The last time that they played each other it was Beijing (China Open) when Ostapenko won 6-4 6-4. The prediction is Ostapenko to win in 3 sets.
Cirstea in Rome, ranking, and results in 2023
Currently ranked no.34, Sorana owns a composed 20-9 match record in 2023. Sorana is currently competing in Rome where she toppled Katie Volynets 2-6 6-3 6-4.
Sorana Cirstea will square off with the world no.20 Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round on Friday at 4:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. Their head to head is 2-0 for Ostapenko.
Sorana clinched 1 title in 2023 in the Reus.
Jelena Ostapenko in 2023
Currently ranked no.20, Ostapenko played her last match on the 29th of April when she surrendered to world no.16 Ludmilla Samsonova 6-2 6-0 in the 3rd round in Madrid (draw).
During this season Ostapenko has achieved a 14-10 match record.