H2H, prediction of Sorana Cirstea vs Donna Vekic in Dubai with odds, preview, pick | 21st February 2024

PREVIEW. Dubai. Cirstea and Vekic will play each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 21st of February

Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Donna Vekic

Sorana Cirstea and Donna Vekic will face off in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 1. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.81
Donna Vekic -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Donna Vekic

This will be the 6th time that Sorana Cirstea and Donna Vekic face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Birmingham back in 2022.

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea
Sorana Cirstea

5 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
0-0
Rank
70
High
21
LLLLLLWWLW
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. 22, Sorana reached the 3rd round after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-3 7-62 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Sorana had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-1 6-4). During the match, Cirstea scored 63 points vs Kudermetova’s 49. Sorana was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cirstea blasted 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 69% of her first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sorana hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Cirstea has good record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (222-189). 5-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Cirstea has an aggregate 109-87 record in the last years on hard.

The Romanian has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Cirstea
Dubai
Cirstea's Record

Donna Vekic

Donna Vekic
Donna Vekic

6 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
2-1
Rank
19
High
18
LWLWLWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-20 12-10 8-5 2-1 10-4 0-0
2023 29-20 16-9 4-5 2-3 7-3 0-0
2022 28-20 10-9 9-6 2-1 7-4 0-0
2021 19-16 10-12 0-1 5-0 4-3 0-0
2020 8-11 6-6 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 31, Donna got to the 3rd round after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-2 6-4 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-75 6-3 6-0.

In the 2nd round against Sabalenka, Donna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-0). During the match Vekic scored 108 points vs Sabalenka’s 92. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Vekic struck 14 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 54% of her first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (27/50) on the 2nd serve. Vekic broke Sabalenka 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Donna has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Vekic’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Linz.

The Croatian has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.

Vekic
Dubai
Vekic's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Cirstea
D.Vekic
3h:12
3h:12
Time on court​
3h:52
3h:52
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
!
2h:22
2h:22
2
2
Match played
2
2
39
39
Games Played​
46
46
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
149
149
Total points​
178
178
74.5
74.5
Avg point​
89
89
68
68
Winners
68
68
34
34
Avg Winners​
34
34
46%
46%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
26
26
Aces
17
17
!
13
13
Avg Aces
8.5
8.5
1
1
Double Faults
8
8
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
68/92
68/92
1st won total​
68/101
68/101
!
74%
74%
1st won %
67%
67%
18/41
18/41
2nd won total​
40/82
40/82
44%
44%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
BP won
11/16
11/16
3.5/8.5
3.5/8.5
Avg BP won
5.5/8
5.5/8
41%
41%
Won
!
69%
69%
7
7
Conceded
24
24
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
12
12
3
3
Broken
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cirstea Vekic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 39 46
Pts 149-119 178-150
Total Points 268 328
Winners 68 68
%Winners 46% 38%

Both Cirstea and Vekic played 2 matches. At the moment, Donna Vekic conceded 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cirstea has played 1 set(s) less than Vekic (4 vs 5). Therefore, Cirstea played 7 games less than Vekic. Cirstea scored 68 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian made 68 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cirstea Vekic
Aces 26 17
Avg per match 13 8.5
1st in 92/133 101/183
%1st in 69% 55%
1st pts 68/92 68/101
%1st pts 74% 67%
2nd pts 18/41 40/82
%2nd pts 44% 49%

Cirstea bagged 26 aces (13 per match). Vekic recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Cirstea won 74% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 67% 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 Vekic
Won 7 11
Converted 7/17 11/16
% Converted 41% 69%
Conceded 7 24
Saved 4 20
% Saved 57% 83%
Times Broken 3 4

The Romanian broke her opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Romanian lost her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Donna broke her opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.

Cirstea
R1
Kenin
R2
Kudermetova
Total
Score 6-3 7-62 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 17 39
pts 86-70 63-49 149-119
Total points 156 112 268
Winners 37 31 68
%Winners 43% 49% 46%
SERVE
Aces 18 8 26
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 50/72 42/61 92/133
% 1st in 69% 69% 69%
1st pts 37/50 31/42 68/92
% 1st pts 74% 74% 74%
2nd pts 12/22 6/19 18/41
% 2nd pts 55% 32% 44%
Breaks
Won 2 5 7
Converted 2/9 5/8 7/17
Converted % 22% 63% 41%
Conceded 1 6 7
Saved 0/1 4/6 4
Saved % 0% 67% 34%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Vekic
R1
Wang
R2
Sabalenka
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 18 28 46
pts 70-58 108-92 178-150
Total points 128 200 328
Winners 31 37 68
%Winners 44% 34% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 14 17
Double Faults 3 5 8
1st in 42/74 59/109 101/183
% 1st in 57% 54% 55%
1st pts 31/42 37/59 68/101
% 1st pts 74% 63% 67%
2nd pts 13/32 27/50 40/82
% 2nd pts 41% 54% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 7 11
Converted 4/6 7/10 11/16
Converted % 67% 70% 69%
Conceded 10 14 24
Saved 9/10 11/14 20
Saved % 90% 79% 85%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Cirstea
LLLLLLWWLW
Vekic
LWLWLWWWLL
2024 2023 2022
12 - 16
32 - 20
9-8
Hard
12-10
0-0
I Hard
2-1
3-5
Clay
8-5
0-3
Grass
10-4

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