Varvara Gracheva and Sorana Cirstea will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 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 Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.79
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 3^rd time that Varvara Gracheva and Sorana Cirstea play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Cirstea won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1^st round in Montreal back in 2023.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 106, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Ana Bogdan 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Gracheva had a good straight sets win against Bogdan (7-5 6-2). During the match, Gracheva scored 61 points vs Bogdan’s 47. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gracheva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Gracheva put 60% of her first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Bogdan 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Gracheva has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (282-210). 9-7 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Gracheva has a compiled 151-81 match record in the last years on clay.

Gracheva’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Paris and Eastbourne.

Varvara has a compiled 18-19 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Iasi

Gracheva has never competed in this tournament before.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 166, the Romanian reached the 2^nd round after beating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Sorana had a good straight sets win against Buzarnescu (6-2 6-2). During the match Cirstea scored 55 points vs Buzarnescu’s 26. Sorana was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Cirstea bagged 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sorana Cirstea was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (17/23) of her 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Cirstea broke Buzarnescu 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Sorana has an overall 9-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gracheva	Cirstea
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	16
Pts	61-47	55-26
Total Points	108	81
Winners	22	17
%Winners	36%	31%

Both Gracheva and Cirstea played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gracheva and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gracheva played 4 games more than Cirstea. Gracheva scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea fired 17 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gracheva	Cirstea
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	5
1st in	33/55	23/39
%1st in	60%	59%
1st pts	22/33	17/23
%1st pts	67%	74%
2nd pts	14/22	12/16
%2nd pts	64%	75%

Gracheva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cirstea made 5 aces . Gracheva won 67% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 75% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gracheva	Cirstea
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
% Converted	63%	63%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	1

Gracheva broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Varvara dropped her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Gracheva
	R1 Bogdan	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	61-47	61-47
Total points	108	108
Winners	22	22
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/55	33/55
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	22/33	22/33
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	14/22	14/22
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Cirstea
	R1 Buzarnescu	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	55-26	55-26
Total points	81	81
Winners	17	17
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	23/39	23/39
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	17/23	17/23
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	12/16	12/16
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Iasi

• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Lukas RosolRosol (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Hugo NysNys (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Pavel NejedlyNejedly (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Corentin DenollyDenolly (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter TorebkoTorebko – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 5-7 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-0 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sandro EhratEhrat – Jiri VeselyVesely (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Attila BalazsBalazs – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Steve DarcisDarcis (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Irene Burillo EscorihuelaBurillo Escorihuela – Simona WaltertWaltert (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna SiskovaSiskova – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesca JonesJones – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jana FettFett – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-2) – H2H and prediction