Sorana Cirstea and Marina Stakusic will face off in the 1st round of the Transylvania Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.82
Marina Stakusic -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Marina Stakusic
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Marina Stakusic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sorana Cirstea
| 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. 70, the Romanian will start her run in Cluj-Napoca after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Tauson in the 2nd round on the 29th of January.
Cirstea has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Cirstea has an overall 542-431 record. She has a negative 54-57 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
Marina Stakusic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-21 | 22-14 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-24 | 15-12 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-5 | 17-3 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 12-8 | 11-7 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, the Canadian got to the 1st round after beating Georgia Andreea Craciun 7-6(8) 6-3 and Tamara Korpatsch 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Korpatsch (6-2 7-5). During the match Stakusic scored 73 points vs Korpatsch’s 55. Stakusic was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Stakusic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marina Stakusic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Stakusic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Stakusic broke Korpatsch 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Canadian has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas UrysonUryson – Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Roger OrdeigOrdeig (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Francisco CabralCabral (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alexander WeisWeis – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Hendrik JebensJebens (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Tiago CacaoCacao (7-5 6-73 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frederico GilGil – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (7-67 1-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Pavel KrainikKrainik (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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