Sorana Cirstea and Magdalena Frech will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday 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 -> 1.6
Magdalena Frech -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Magdalena Frech
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Magdalena Frech since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Sorana Cirstea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 38, Sorana got to the 2nd round after beating Ana Bogdan 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Bogdan (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match, Cirstea scored 91 points vs Bogdan’s 86. Cirstea was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cirstea managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 70% of her first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (8/26) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Bogdan 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Cirstea has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (224-199). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Cirstea has a composed 18-18 record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the Reus where she overcame Elizabeth Mandlik in the final 6-1 4-6 7-6(1).
Cirstea has an overall 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Magdalena Frech
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-30 | 28-15 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 23-21 | 10-5 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-38 | 22-19 | 11-12 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-19 | 12-5 | 16-8 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 26-14 | 12-5 | 10-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72 (career-high), Frech reached the 2nd round after defeating Amelia Rajecki 6-76 6-2 6-2, Jil Teichmann 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Barbora Strycova 7-63 6-1.
In the 1st round, Magdalena had a good straight sets win against Strycova (7-63 6-1). During the match Frech scored 80 points vs Strycova’s 64. Magdalena was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Frech made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Magdalena Frech lost the serve once and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Frech put 75% of her first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Frech broke Strycova 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Frech has a composed 22-17 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cirstea | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 81 |
| Pts | 91-86 | 290-240 |
| Total Points | 177 | 530 |
| Winners | 45 | 137 |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% |
Cirstea played 1 match while Frech competed in 3 matches. Frech started her run from the qualifications while Cirstea had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Sorana Cirstea surrendered 1 set, while Magdalena Frech conceded 2 sets. Cirstea has played 5 set(s) less than Frech (3 vs 8). Therefore, Cirstea played 54 games less than Frech. Sorana scored 45 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Frech scored 137 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cirstea | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 181/259 |
| %1st in | 70% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 137/181 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/26 | 38/78 |
| %2nd pts | 31% | 49% |
Cirstea fired 5 aces . Frech struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Cirstea won 73% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 31% of the points. On the other side, Frech won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cirstea | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 24 |
| Saved | 6 | 19 |
| % Saved | 60% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Cirstea broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Romanian dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Frech broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Magdalena conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cirstea | |||
| R1 Bogdan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-86 | 91-86 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 62/88 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/26 | 8/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Frech | |||||
| Q1 Rajecki |
Q3 Belen Teichmann |
R1 Strycova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 32 | 20 | 81 | |
| pts | 102-78 | 108-98 | 80-64 | 290-240 | |
| Total points | 180 | 206 | 144 | 530 | |
| Winners | 42 | 55 | 40 | 137 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 51% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 69/101 | 59/79 | 181/259 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 75% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 55/69 | 40/59 | 137/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 80% | 68% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 13/32 | 10/20 | 38/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 41% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 7/9 | 11/12 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 78% | 92% | 203% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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