INDIAN WELLS DRAW. Sorana Cirstea’s prediction with Stephens next. H2H and rankings

Indian Wells draw - Sorana Cirstea. See the draw preview and prediction with Sloane Stephens, Daria Kasatkina, Qinwen Zheng, Cori Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek in the BNP Paribas Open.

Sorana Cirstea Stats info

Sorana Cirstea is about to kick off her bid in the draw in Indian Wells. The past year in Indian Wells, Sorana lost in the quarter to Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-3. In the previous edition of this tournament, she bested Kimberly Birrell 6-3 6-2, Madison Keys 6-1 ret., Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-1 and Caroline Garcia 6-4 4-6 7-5.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Sorana Cirstea’s projected draw andherplausible opponents in BNP Paribas Open. The Romanian has a weak record (4-8) against the plausible opposition.

R1R1 – Bye
R2 – Sloane Stephens (44) – H2H 2-1
R3 – Daria Kasatkina (12) – H2H 1-2
or Oceane Dodin (85) – H2H 0-2
R4 – Qinwen Zheng (8) – H2H 0-0
or Victoria Azarenka (30) – H2H 1-4
1/4 – Cori Gauff (3) – H2H 0-1
or Liudmila Samsonova (15) – H2H 0-1
1/2 – Aryna Sabalenka (2) – H2H 1-1
or Jessica Pegula (5) – H2H 1-2
Fin – Iga Swiatek (1) – H2H 0-3
or Marketa Vondrousova (7) – H2H 3-1
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R2 – Sloane Stephens’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-1 for Sorana Cirstea

19 - 22win/loss in 2024

Rank
75
High
3
LLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-22 8-13 9-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 25-20 11-14 13-5 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 18-17 13-9 5-6 0-0 0-2 0-0
2021 20-19 6-11 11-6 1-1 2-1 0-0
2020 4-11 3-8 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 24-19 10-13 10-4 2-0 2-2 0-0
2018 37-19 21-10 12-5 4-3 0-1 0-0
2017 15-10 15-5 0-0 0-4 0-1 0-0

Sloane Stephens has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. During the previous 17 years, Sloane has a 199-163 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The American won 5 of her last 10 matches.

Last year in BNP Paribas Open Stephens was overcome by Sofia Kenin in the 1st round 6-4 6-1.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Sloane Stephens

This match would represent the 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Sloane Stephens square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard in major tournaments.

R3 – Daria Kasatkina’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-1 for Daria Kasatkina

33 - 19win/loss in 2024

Rank
11
High
8
LWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-19 17-13 8-4 0-0 8-2 0-0
2023 39-25 19-15 12-6 2-1 6-3 0-0
2022 41-22 24-14 12-5 1-1 4-2 0-0
2021 38-19 19-10 5-5 7-1 7-3 0-0
2020 18-14 7-8 5-3 6-3 0-0 0-0
2019 13-21 8-13 4-4 1-2 0-2 0-0
2018 42-24 15-13 12-7 8-1 7-3 0-0
2017 32-21 17-14 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0

Daria Kasatkina has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. In the last 12 years, Darya has a 157-112 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Russian won 5 of her last 10 matches.

The Russian’s best result of this season was getting to the final Adelaide and Abu Dhabi.

Last year in BNP Paribas Open the Russian lost to Varvara Gracheva in the 3rd round 6-4 6-4.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Daria Kasatkina

This match would represent the 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Daria Kasatkina play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

However, Sorana Cirstea could fight against Oceane Dodin. Their H2H record is 2-0 for Oceane Dodin.

R4 – Qinwen Zheng’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

37 - 14win/loss in 2024

Rank
7
High
7
LWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-14 19-8 17-4 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2020 38-8 3-3 26-3 9-2 0-0 0-0
2019 14-11 14-8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2018 14-9 12-8 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2017 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Qinwen Zheng has a 11-4 record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. Talking about the last 8 years, the Chinese has a 97-47 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Qinwen won 7 of her last 10 matches.

Zheng’s most significant achievement of this season was getting to the final at the Australian Open .

Last year in BNP Paribas Open Qinwen didn’t compete in this tournament.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Qinwen Zheng

There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Qinwen Zheng since this would be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nonetheless, Sorana Cirstea could fight against Victoria Azarenka. Their H2H is 4-1 for Victoria Azarenka.

1/4 – Cori Gauff’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Cori Gauff

41 - 15win/loss in 2024

Rank
6
High
2
LWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-15 22-8 14-5 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 51-16 40-9 7-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-23 23-16 10-4 0-1 5-2 0-0
2021 36-16 16-10 16-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2020 12-8 7-5 2-2 3-1 0-0 0-0
2019 29-15 9-6 7-5 7-3 6-1 0-0
2018 9-4 4-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2017 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Cori Gauff has a 12-3 record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. In the previous 8 years, Cori has a 111-51 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Gauff won 7 of her last 10 matches.

Her best result of the year was winning the competition in Auckland where she beat Elina Svitolina in the final 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3.

Last year in BNP Paribas Open the American surrendered to Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter 6-4 6-0.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Cori Gauff

This would be the 2nd time that Sorana Cirstea and Cori Gauff play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Nonetheless, Sorana Cirstea could fight against Liudmila Samsonova. Their head to head is 1-0 for Liudmila Samsonova.

1/2 – Aryna Sabalenka’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 1-1

46 - 11win/loss in 2024

Rank
2
High
1
WWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-11 30-6 15-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0
2020 29-10 14-7 6-3 9-0 0-0 0-0
2019 39-22 28-12 5-5 4-1 2-4 0-0
2018 51-25 34-13 7-6 3-2 7-4 0-0
2017 36-25 20-11 2-4 6-6 7-3 1-1

Aryna Sabalenka has a 11-2 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. Talking about the previous 9 years, the Belarussian has a 200-87 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Belarussian won 8 of her last 10 matches.

Her most significant result of this season was conquering the tournament at the Australian Open where she overcame Qinwen Zheng in the final 6-3 6-2.

Last year in BNP Paribas Open Sabalenka was defeated by Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(11) 6-4.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka

This contest would be 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Cirstea on hard in major tournaments.

However, Sorana Cirstea could compete against Jessica Pegula. Their H2H record is 2-1 for Jessica Pegula.

Final – Iga Swiatek’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 3-0 for Iga Swiatek

59 - 8win/loss in 2024

Rank
1
High
1
LWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 59-8 29-5 26-2 2-0 2-1 0-0
2023 68-11 42-8 19-2 0-0 7-1 0-0
2022 67-9 42-6 18-1 5-1 2-1 0-0
2021 36-15 18-10 12-2 2-1 4-2 0-0
2020 16-5 6-4 7-1 3-0 0-0 0-0
2019 34-17 17-8 10-3 4-3 3-3 0-0
2018 43-6 8-1 34-5 1-0 0-0 0-0
2017 11-2 0-0 11-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Iga Swiatek has a 15-2 win-loss record in 2024, she played all matches on hard. In connection to the previous 9 years, Iga has a 148-39 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Iga won 8 of her last 10 matches.

Her most significant result of this current year was winning the tournament in Australia where she defeated Angelique Kerber in the final 6-3 6-0, and in Doha where she overcame Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(8) 6-2.

Last year in BNP Paribas Open Swiatek was overcome by Elena Rybakina in the semifinal 6-2 6-2.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Iga Swiatek

This contest would be 4th time that Sorana Cirstea and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Nevertheless, Sorana Cirstea could come up against Marketa Vondrousova. Their H2H record is 3-1 for Sorana Cirstea.