Sorana Cirstea and Claire Liu will face off in the 1st round of the Ningbo Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 2 sets.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.27
Claire Liu -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Claire Liu
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Claire Liu 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. 26, Sorana will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-0 6-3 to Muchova in the quarter on the 5th of September.
Sorana has a composed 30-19 win-loss record in 2023, 20-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the Reus where she beat Elizabeth Mandlik in the final 6-1 4-6 7-6(1).
Talking about her overall career, The Romanian has an overall 528-409 record. She has a positive 243-191 record on hard.
Previously in Ningbo
Cirstea has never competed in this tournament before.
Claire Liu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 8-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-19 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 15-14 | 12-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-17 | 17-11 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 8-8 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, the American will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Guangzhou where she lost 6-1 6-3 to Shnaider in the 1st round on the 18th of September.
Claire has an aggregate 23-26 win-loss record in 2023, 15-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Liu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Chicago.
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 211-151 record. She has a positive 112-95 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Ningbo
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (1-6 6-2 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clara TausonTauson – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 4-6 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Daria SavilleSaville (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kateryna BaindlKateryna – Yue YuanYue (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Diane ParryParry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Xiyu WangWang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valeria SavinykhSavinykh – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H and prediction