[UPDATED R2]. Prediction, H2H of Sorana Cirstea’s draw vs Tauson, Svitolina, Sakkari, Muchova to win the Linz

Linz draw preview with H2H - Sorana Cirstea may need to defeat Clara Tauson, Elina Svitolina, Maria Sakkari, Karolina Muchova to conquer the competition in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.

Sorana Cirstea Stats info

Sorana Cirstea is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Linz. Cirstea has defeated Arantxa Rus 5-7 6-2 6-3 to reach the 2nd round where she will face Clara Tauson.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Sorana Cirstea’s projected draw andherpresumable opponents in Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The Romanian has a unfavourable record (4-9) against the plausible opponents.

R1 – Arantxa Rus (88) – 5-7 6-2 6-3
R2 – Clara Tauson (39) – H2H 0-0
1/4 – Elina Svitolina (24) – H2H 0-4
or Anna Blinkova (83) – H2H 1-1
1/2 – Maria Sakkari (31) – H2H 3-1
or Viktoriya Tomova (64) – H2H 0-0
Fin – Karolina Muchova (19) – H2H 1-4
or Ekaterina Alexandrova (30) – H2H 1-0
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R2 – Clara Tauson’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

10 - 3win/loss in 2025

Rank
39
High
33
LLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-3 7-2 0-0 3-1 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
2020 30-7 8-3 12-2 10-2 0-0 0-0
2019 42-13 26-3 16-8 0-2 0-0 0-0
2018 3-2 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Clara Tauson has a 8-1 record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts. Regarding the last 9 years, Tauson has a 76-24 record on indoor hard courts (Click here to see full career record).

Her most significant result of this current season was conquering the tournament in Auckland where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..

Last year in Upper Austria Ladies Linz Clara lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round 3-6 6-4 7-6(7).

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Clara Tauson

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

1/4 – Elina Svitolina’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-0 for Elina Svitolina

5 - 3win/loss in 2025

Rank
22
High
3
LWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-3 5-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 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
2020 21-9 9-5 10-2 2-2 0-0 0-0
2019 39-22 29-14 1-3 4-2 5-3 0-0
2018 44-15 28-10 9-3 5-0 2-2 0-0

Elina Svitolina has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, but she has not competed yet on indoor hard courts.

Last year in Upper Austria Ladies Linz Elina didn’t compete in this tournament.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Elina Svitolina

This match would represent the 5th time that Sorana Cirstea and Elina Svitolina fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts in major tournaments.

Notwithstanding, Sorana Cirstea may square off with Anna Blinkova. Their H2H is 1-1.

1/2 – Maria Sakkari’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 3-1 for Sorana Cirstea

4 - 7win/loss in 2025

Rank
29
High
3
LWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-7 3-6 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 25-17 12-8 11-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 38-25 26-17 5-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2022 40-23 21-12 8-5 4-2 7-4 0-0
2021 38-20 23-13 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0
2020 20-11 12-7 2-2 6-2 0-0 0-0
2019 33-23 11-11 15-5 2-3 5-4 0-0
2018 24-26 17-17 7-4 0-2 0-3 0-0

Maria Sakkari has a 2-5 win-loss record in 2025, but she has not competed yet on indoor hard courts.

Last year in Upper Austria Ladies Linz Sakkari didn’t play in this tournament.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Maria Sakkari

This match would represent the 5th time that Sorana Cirstea and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts in major tournaments.

Yet, Sorana Cirstea could square off with Viktoriya Tomova. Their head to head is 0-0.

Final – Karolina Muchova’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-1 for Karolina Muchova

5 - 4win/loss in 2025

Rank
17
High
8
LWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-4 3-3 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 21-7 15-4 4-2 0-0 2-1 0-0
2023 38-13 28-9 10-3 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 3-3 5-5 0-2 0-0
2021 19-9 10-4 5-3 0-0 4-2 0-0
2020 7-8 6-6 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0
2019 38-14 25-9 6-2 3-1 4-2 0-0
2018 29-11 5-2 7-4 10-1 3-3 4-1

Karolina Muchova has a 3-3 record in 2025, but she has not competed until now on indoor hard courts.

Muchova’s best achievement of the year was getting to the semifinal Australia.

Last year in Upper Austria Ladies Linz Karolina didn’t play in this tournament.

H2H Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova

This match would represent the 6th time that Sorana Cirstea and Karolina Muchova play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts in major tournaments.

However, Sorana Cirstea could compete against Ekaterina Alexandrova. Their head to head is 1-0 for Sorana Cirstea.