Sorana Cirstea and Arantxa Rus will play each other in the 1^st round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.43
Arantxa Rus -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Arantxa Rus

This will be the 4^th time that Sorana Cirstea and Arantxa Rus fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 3-6 6-1 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Istanbul back in 2022.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 71, Sorana will start her run in Linz after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Svitolina in the 1^st round on the 13^th of January.

Sorana has a compiled 0-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, Sorana has an overall 541-430 record. She has a negative 53-56 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Linz

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2011 and 2017. See her history.

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 79, Rus will start her run in Linz after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Danilovic in the 1^st round on the 13^th of January.

Arantxa has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

In terms of her career, Rus has an overall 715-439 record. She has a positive 75-49 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Linz

• Denys KlokKlok – Kuzey CekirgeCekirge (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli – Sergei PogosianPogosian (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigoriy LomakinLomakin – Niklas SchellSchell (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marsel IlhanIlhan – Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Flemming PetersPeters (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mircea-Alexandru JecanJecan – Martin Van Der MeerschenVan Der Meerschen (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matias ZukasZukas – Max HoukesHoukes (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Koray KirciKirci – Dimitriy VoroninVoronin (3-6 7-6² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yanki ErelErel – Aleksei KhomichKhomich (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea – Manfred FellinFellin (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vladimir KorolevKorolev – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (5-7 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Burak BilginBilgin (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mislav BosnjakBosnjak – Sarp AgabigunAgabigun (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Cengiz AksuAksu (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Suzan LamensLamens – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Sinja KrausKraus (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Julia GrabherGrabher – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Arantxa RusRus (3-0) – H2H and prediction