H2H, prediction of Clara Tauson vs Sorana Cirstea in Linz with odds, preview, pick | 29th January 2025

PREVIEW. Linz. Tauson and Cirstea will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 29th of January

Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Sorana Cirstea

Clara Tauson and Sorana Cirstea will face off in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Clara Tauson is the pick to win this match.
Clara Tauson -> 1.41
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Sorana Cirstea

There is no head to head record between Clara Tauson and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Clara Tauson

Clara Tauson
Clara Tauson

8 - 1win/loss

Hard
7-1
I Hard
1-0
Rank
39
High
33
WLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-1 7-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0
2024 38-28 19-16 14-5 5-3 0-3 0-1
2023 38-21 6-7 13-5 12-8 2-1 5-0
2022 26-18 10-12 0-1 16-4 0-1 0-0
2021 42-15 13-4 4-5 21-4 0-2 4-0

Ranked no. 39, Clara reached the 2nd round after defeating Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Clara had a good straight sets win against Kalinina (6-3 6-3). During the match, Tauson scored 64 points vs Kalinina’s 47. The Dane was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tauson managed to score 11 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Clara Tauson was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tauson broke Kalinina 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Tauson has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of her matches (242-107). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tauson has an overall76-24 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Auckland where she beat Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..

Tauson has a composed 8-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Linz

Tauson
Linz
Tauson's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea
Sorana Cirstea

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
1-0
Rank
70
High
21
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-2 0-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 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. 70, Cirstea got to the 2nd round after defeating Arantxa Rus 5-7 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round against Rus, Sorana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match Cirstea scored 103 points vs Rus’s 85. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Cirstea was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sorana Cirstea was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (39/52) of her 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Cirstea broke Rus 4 times after converting 21% of her break points (4/19).

Cirstea has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Linz

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

Cirstea
Linz
Cirstea's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Tauson
S.Cirstea
1h:19
1h:19
Time on court​
!
2h:12
2h:12
1h:19
1h:19
Last match​
!
2h:12
2h:12
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
29
29
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
64
64
Total points​
103
103
64
64
Avg point​
103
103
28
28
Winners
39
39
28
28
Avg Winners​
39
39
44%
44%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
0
0
!
11
11
Avg Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
28/32
28/32
1st won total​
39/52
39/52
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
12/22
12/22
2nd won total​
19/32
19/32
55%
55%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
4/19
4/19
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
4/19
4/19
!
60%
60%
Won
!
21%
21%
5
5
Conceded
2
2
5
5
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tauson Cirstea
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 18 29
Pts 64-47 103-85
Total Points 111 188
Winners 28 39
%Winners 44% 38%

Both Tauson and Cirstea played 1 match. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea dropped 1 set while Clara Tauson hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tauson has played 1 set(s) less than Cirstea (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tauson played 11 games less than Cirstea. The Dane scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sorana managed to score 39 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tauson Cirstea
Aces 11 0
Avg per match 11 0
1st in 32/54 52/84
%1st in 59% 62%
1st pts 28/32 39/52
%1st pts 88% 75%
2nd pts 12/22 19/32
%2nd pts 55% 59%

Tauson scored 11 aces . Cirstea didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tauson won 88% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tauson Cirstea
Won 3 4
Converted 3/5 4/19
% Converted 60% 21%
Conceded 5 2
Saved 5 0
% Saved 100% 0%
Times Broken 0 2

The Dane broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Tauson pretty solid on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Cirstea broke her opponent 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Tauson
R1
Kalinina
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 64-47 64-47
Total points 111 111
Winners 28 28
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 32/54 32/54
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 28/32 28/32
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 12/22 12/22
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Cirstea
R1
Rus
Total
Score 5-7 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 103-85 103-85
Total points 188 188
Winners 39 39
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 52/84 52/84
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 39/52 39/52
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 19/32 19/32
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/19 4/19
Converted % 21% 21%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tauson
WLWWWWWWW
Cirstea
WLL
2025 2024 2023
8 - 1
1 - 2
7-1
Hard
0-2
1-0
I Hard
1-0

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