Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea will play each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Centre 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 Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.63
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 4th time that Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Cirstea won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2023.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs Marketa Vondrousova – Miami 27-March-2023
Marketa Vondrousova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 5-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-18 | 19-12 | 9-3 | 4-2 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 11-3 | 2-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-19 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 4-6 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, Vondrousova reached the quarter after defeating Peyton Stearns 6-1 5-7 6-2 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Marketa had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-2 6-2). During the match, Vondrousova scored 59 points vs Samsonova’s 41. Vondrousova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vondrousova scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 69% of her first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Samsonova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Vondrousova has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (261-111). 4-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vondrousova has an overall 100-55 record in the last years on hard.
Marketa has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
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. 22, Cirstea reached the quarter after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-3 7-62, Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-4 and Donna Vekic 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 3rd round against Vekic, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Cirstea scored 93 points vs Vekic’s 85. Sorana was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 57% of her first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Vekic 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Sorana has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2014. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 69 |
| Pts | 160-124 | 242-204 |
| Total Points | 284 | 446 |
| Winners | 64 | 101 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Vondrousova played 2 matches while Cirstea competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marketa Vondrousova conceded 1 set, while Sorana Cirstea surrendered 1 set. Vondrousova has played 2 set(s) less than Cirstea (5 vs 7). Therefore, Vondrousova played 26 games less than Cirstea. Marketa scored 64 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea made 101 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 87/136 | 139/216 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 64/87 | 101/139 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/49 | 33/77 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 43% |
Vondrousova managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Cirstea bagged 31 aces (10.3 per match). Vondrousova won 74% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vondrousova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/21 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 62% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 62% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
Marketa broke her opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Czech conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | ||||
| R2 Stearns |
R3 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 | 43 | |
| pts | 101-83 | 59-41 | 160-124 | |
| Total points | 184 | 100 | 284 | |
| Winners | 37 | 27 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 51/84 | 36/52 | 87/136 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 27/36 | 64/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 7/16 | 20/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 44% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 5/9 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 50% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cirstea | |||||
| R1 Kenin |
R2 Kudermetova |
R3 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 6-1 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 30 | 69 | |
| pts | 86-70 | 63-49 | 93-85 | 242-204 | |
| Total points | 156 | 112 | 178 | 446 | |
| Winners | 37 | 31 | 33 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 18 | 8 | 5 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 42/61 | 47/83 | 139/216 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 57% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 31/42 | 33/47 | 101/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 6/19 | 15/36 | 33/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 32% | 42% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 5/8 | 6/9 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 63% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/6 | 1/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 17% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
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