Emma Navarro and Sorana Cirstea will face off in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 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 Emma Navarro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emma Navarro is the pick to win this match.
Emma Navarro -> 1.39
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Sorana Cirstea
There is no head to head record between Emma Navarro and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Emma Navarro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-25 | 17-14 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-24 | 33-14 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-24 | 17-9 | 37-11 | 3-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-18 | 8-8 | 23-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-13 | 6-6 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, Emma got to the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Belinda Bencic 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Bencic (7-66 2-6 6-3). During the match, Navarro scored 97 points vs Bencic’s 96. Emma was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Navarro scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Emma Navarro lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Navarro put 59% of her first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. Navarro broke Bencic 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Navarro has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of her matches (209-115). 6-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Navarro has an overall77-54 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Navarro has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
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. 89, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after beating Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-4 and Alycia Parks 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Parks, Cirstea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Cirstea scored 91 points vs Parks’s 75. Cirstea was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 63% of her first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Parks 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cirstea has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Cirstea has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Navarro | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 43 |
| Pts | 97-96 | 151-120 |
| Total Points | 193 | 271 |
| Winners | 30 | 53 |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% |
Navarro played 1 match while Cirstea competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emma Navarro surrendered 1 set, while Sorana Cirstea lost 1 set. Navarro has played 2 set(s) less than Cirstea (3 vs 5). Therefore, Navarro played 13 games less than Cirstea. Navarro scored 30 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea scored 53 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Navarro | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 82/133 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 53/82 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 31/51 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 61% |
Navarro blasted 1 ace . Cirstea also scored 10 aces (5 per match). Navarro won 60% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Navarro | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 11/16 |
| % Converted | 42% | 69% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 29% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Navarro broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Emma conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.
| Navarro | |||
| R2 Bencic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-96 | 97-96 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/85 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Cirstea | ||||
| R1 Kasatkina |
R2 Parks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 91-75 | 151-120 | |
| Total points | 105 | 166 | 271 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 44/70 | 82/133 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 29/44 | 53/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 66% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 19/26 | 31/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 73% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 5/10 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 40% | 103% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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