Sorana Cirstea and Jasmine Paolini will face off in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.7
Jasmine Paolini -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini

This will be the 3^rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Jasmine Paolini square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Paolini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Paolini won 7-5 2-6 6-2 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in 2023.

Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs Sorana Cirstea – French Open 30-May-2023

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 22, Sorana reached the semifinal after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-3 7-6², Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-4, Donna Vekic 3-6 6-3 7-5 and Marketa Vondrousova 2-6 7-6¹ 6-2.

In the quarter against Vondrousova, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6¹ 6-2). During the match, Cirstea scored 124 points vs Vondrousova’s 118. Cirstea was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cirstea bagged 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 5 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 59% of her first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Vondrousova 5 times after converting 22% of her break points (5/23).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sorana has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Cirstea has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (224-189). 7-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Cirstea has a composed 111-87 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Romanian has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Jasmine Paolini

Ranked no. 26, the Italian got to the semifinal after defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia 4-6 6-4 6-0, Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-3 6-4, Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-2 and Elena Rybakina w/o.

In the quarter, Paolini defeated Rybakina (w/o). During the match Paolini and Rybakina scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 22 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Italian was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Paolini was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jasmine Paolini conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Paolini has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cirstea	Paolini
Match played	4	3
Tot Set	10	7
Tot Games	98	63
Pts	366-322	210-179
Total Points	688	389
Winners	144	97
%Winners	39%	46%

Cirstea played 4 matches while Paolini competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sorana Cirstea surrendered 2 sets, while Jasmine Paolini conceded 1 set. Cirstea has played 3 sets more than Paolini (10 vs 7). Therefore, Cirstea played 35 games more than Paolini. The Romanian scored 144 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Jasmine fired 97 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cirstea	Paolini
Aces	38	3
Avg per match	9.5	1
1st in	205/327	158/208
%1st in	63%	76%
1st pts	144/205	97/158
%1st pts	70%	61%
2nd pts	52/122	26/50
%2nd pts	43%	52%

Cirstea scored 38 aces (9.5 per match). Paolini struck 3 aces (1 per match). Cirstea won 70% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Paolini won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cirstea	Paolini
Won	18	16
Converted	18/49	16/20
% Converted	37%	80%
Conceded	33	25
Saved	20	17
% Saved	61%	68%
Times Broken	13	8

Cirstea broke her opponents 18 times with a 37% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded. Paolini broke her opponents 16 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Italian conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Cirstea
	R1 Kenin	R2 Kudermetova	R3 Vekic	1/4 Vondrousova	Total
Score	6-3 7-62	6-1 6-4	3-6 6-3 7-5	2-6 7-61 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	22	17	30	29	98
pts	86-70	63-49	93-85	124-118	366-322
Total points	156	112	178	242	688
Winners	37	31	33	43	144
%Winners	43%	49%	35%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	18	8	5	7	38
Double Faults	0	1	2	1	4
1st in	50/72	42/61	47/83	66/111	205/327
% 1st in	69%	69%	57%	59%	63%
1st pts	37/50	31/42	33/47	43/66	144/205
% 1st pts	74%	74%	70%	65%	70%
2nd pts	12/22	6/19	15/36	19/45	52/122
% 2nd pts	55%	32%	42%	42%	43%
Breaks
Won	2	5	6	5	18
Converted	2/9	5/8	6/9	5/23	18/49
Converted %	22%	63%	67%	22%	37%
Conceded	1	6	6	20	33
Saved	0/1	4/6	1/6	15/20	20
Saved %	0%	67%	17%	75%	40%
Times Broken	1	2	5	5	13

Paolini
	R1 Haddad Maia	R2 Annie	R3 Sakkari	1/4 Rybakina	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-0	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-2	w/o
Tot Set	3	2	2	–	7
Tot Games	26	19	18	–	63
pts	79-68	70-63	61-48	–	210-179
Total points	147	133	109	–	389
Winners	43	34	20	–	97
%Winners	54%	49%	33%	–	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	0	–	3
Double Faults	3	3	0	–	6
1st in	60/78	57/75	41/55	–	158/208
% 1st in	77%	76%	75%	–	76%
1st pts	43/60	34/57	20/41	–	97/158
% 1st pts	72%	60%	49%	–	61%
2nd pts	8/18	7/18	11/14	–	26/50
% 2nd pts	44%	39%	79%	–	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5	6	–	16
Converted	5/6	5/7	6/7	–	16/20
Converted %	83%	71%	86%	–	80%
Conceded	6	11	8	–	25
Saved	4/6	8/11	5/8	–	17
Saved %	67%	73%	63%	–	51%
Times Broken	2	3	3	–	8

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Hugo DellienDellien (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-0) – H2H and prediction