Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. 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 Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.46
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 5^th time that Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Cirstea won 2-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the quarter in Dubai back in February 2024.

Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs Marketa Vondrousova – Dubai 22-February-2024

Marketa Vondrousova

Ranked no. 6 (career-high), the Czech reached the 3^rd round after defeating Ana Bogdan 6-2 3-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech defeated Bogdan (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match, Vondrousova scored 97 points vs Bogdan’s 85. Vondrousova was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vondrousova scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Marketa broke Bogdan 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).

Vondrousova has an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (267-114). 5-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vondrousova has an overall 95-32 record in the last years on clay.

Marketa’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Stuttgart.

The Czech has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 32, Cirstea reached the 3^rd round after beating Brenda Fruhvirtova 7-5 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (7-5 6-0). During the match Cirstea scored 74 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 55. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Cirstea scored 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 51% of her first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Fruhvirtova 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Dubai.

The Romanian has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2012. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vondrousova	Cirstea
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	18
Pts	97-85	74-55
Total Points	182	129
Winners	31	20
%Winners	32%	27%

Both Vondrousova and Cirstea played 1 match. At the moment, Marketa Vondrousova dropped 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vondrousova has played 1 set more than Cirstea (3 vs 2). Therefore, Vondrousova played 9 games more than Cirstea. Vondrousova scored 31 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Sorana managed to score 20 winners (27%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vondrousova	Cirstea
Aces	1	4
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	54/87	34/67
%1st in	62%	51%
1st pts	31/54	20/34
%1st pts	57%	59%
2nd pts	17/33	17/33
%2nd pts	52%	52%

Vondrousova recorded 1 ace . Cirstea also blasted 4 aces . Vondrousova won 57% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 59% 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	Vondrousova	Cirstea
Won	7	7
Converted	7/14	7/13
% Converted	50%	54%
Conceded	11	10
Saved	6	7
% Saved	55%	70%
Times Broken	5	3

Marketa broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marketa lost her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Sorana broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Vondrousova
	R2 Bogdan	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	97-85	97-85
Total points	182	182
Winners	31	31
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	54/87	54/87
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	31/54	31/54
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	17/33	17/33
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/14	7/14
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Cirstea
	R2 Fruhvirtova	Total
Score	7-5 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	74-55	74-55
Total points	129	129
Winners	20	20
%Winners	27%	27%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/67	34/67
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	20/34	20/34
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	17/33	17/33
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/13	7/13
Converted %	54%	54%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Maria SakkariSakkari – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Tatjana MariaMaria (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-0 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xinyu WangWang (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Shelby RogersRogers (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Bernarda PeraPera (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Brenda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Linda NoskovaNoskova – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-3 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin RedlickiRedlicki – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Jc AragoneAragone (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-6⁶ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Michael MmohMmoh (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Magda LinetteLinette (6-7(5) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Sara ErraniErrani (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Magda LinetteLinette (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Oceane DodinDodin (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Sara ErraniErrani (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Angelique KerberKerber – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Madison KeysKeys (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (2-0) – H2H and prediction