LIVE RANKINGS. Cirstea betters her rank prior to facing Kasatkina in Abu Dhabi

See the the live rankings of Sorana Cirstea before facing Daria Kasatkina in the quarter of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open

Friday Live Ranking Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea is about to play against Daria Kasatkina on Friday the 9th of February in Abu Dhabi. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Sorana Cirstea is now ranked no.26 occupying the position of Romanian no.1 with 1722 points before Ana Bogdan who has 1016 points and is ranked no.65.

On the opposite side of the net, Daria Kasatkina is presently ranked no.14 with the status of Russian no.1 with 2838 points preceding Ludmilla Samsonova who has 2700 points and is ranked no.15.

Live Rankings

Cirstea is 4 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.22. Her career-best rank was no.21.

Sorana Cirstea will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Kasatkina in the quarter. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Caroline Garcia who has 2095 points. If Cirstea wins, she will have 1916 points.

Cirstea will have 61 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 1 point on the 19th of February (Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha) and 60 points on the 26th of February (Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai).

In her live rankings, out of 1829 points, Sorana has gained 1429 points (78%) on Hard Court, 240 points (13%) on Clay and 160 points (9%) on Grass.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Cirstea is still ranked no.97 placed as the Romanian no.3.

CAREFULL! Live rankings change frequently. Click the following buttons to check the last updates.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Daria Kasatkina

Cirstea and Kasatkina played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1.

The last time that they played each other it was at the French Open (French Open) when Cirstea won 6-3 6-2. The prediction is Cirstea to win in 3 sets.

Kasatkina in Abu Dhabi, ranking, and results in 2024

Sorana Cirstea

28 - 14win/loss

Hard
12-8
Clay
8-4
Grass
8-2
27 year old
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2024 Highlights

Now the world no.14, the Russian has an overall 7-3 match record in 2024. Darya is playing in Abu Dhabi where she managed to beat Diane Parry 6-4 5-7 6-4 and Ashlyn Krueger 6-3 7-5.

Darya Kasatkina will play the world no.26 Sorana Cirstea in the quarter on Friday at 7:00 pm on Stadium Court. Their current record is 1-1.

Kasatkina was the runner-up in Adelaide (Adelaide International).

Darya won 6 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)

Kasatkina
Abu Dhabi
Kasatkina's Record
Kasatkina
Projected
Draw

Cirstea in Abu Dhabi, ranking, and results in 2024

Daria Kasatkina

12 - 16win/loss

Hard
9-8
Clay
3-5
Grass
0-3
34 year old
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2024 Highlights

At the moment ranked no.26, Sorana has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2024. Sorana is now competing in Abu Dhabi where she conquered Caroline Garcia 6-74 6-4 6-4 and Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-1.

Sorana Cirstea will square off with the world no.14 Darya Kasatkina in the quarter on Friday at 7:00 pm on Stadium Court. Their actual head to head record is 1-1.

Cirstea
Abu Dhabi
Cirstea's Record
Cirstea
Projected
Draw