Elina Svitolina and Sorana Cirstea will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. 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 Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.25
Sorana Cirstea -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 4th time that Elina Svitolina and Sorana Cirstea face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Svitolina won 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2021.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs Sorana Cirstea – Indian Wells 10-October-2021

Elina Svitolina

Elina Svitolina

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
14
High
3
LWLLLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-15 14-8 18-3 1-2 3-2 0-0
2024 30-18 16-9 10-7 0-0 4-2 0-0
2023 21-12 4-3 12-7 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 5-8 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 41-20 31-13 8-4 0-0 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 29, Elina will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-3 to Gauff in the 3rd round on the 30th of August.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about her overall career, The Ukrainian has an overall 500-260 record. She has a positive 283-135 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. See her history.

Australian Open
Svitolina's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
44
High
21
LWWLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-20 26-14 3-2 1-2 0-2 0-0
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

Ranked no. 72, Sorana will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Niemeier in the qualifications on the 4th of January.

Sorana has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Cirstea has an overall 541-429 record. She has a positive 253-202 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2017 and 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Cirstea's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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