Maria Lourdes Carle and Sorana Cirstea will play each other in the quarter of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.56
Maria Lourdes Carle -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Sorana Cirstea

There is no head to head record between Maria Lourdes Carle and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Maria Lourdes Carle

Ranked no. 124, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Patricia Maria Tig 2-6 6-2 6-2 and Elina Avanesyan 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Avanesyan (7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match, Lourdes Carle scored 98 points vs Avanesyan’s 88. Maria was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lourdes Carle scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Lourdes Carle lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lourdes Carle put 69% of her first serves in, winning 53% (32/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Avanesyan 6 times after converting 33% of her break points (6/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lourdes Carle has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Lourdes Carle has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (311-175). 17-12 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lourdes Carle has an overall 215-111 record in the last years on clay.

Lourdes Carle has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Iasi

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 166, the Romanian reached the quarter after beating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2 6-2 and Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-2 6-4). During the match Cirstea scored 62 points vs Gracheva’s 43. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Cirstea scored 2 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 69% of her first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Gracheva 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sorana hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 63% of the points she played.

The Romanian has an aggregate 10-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Iasi

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lourdes Carle	Cirstea
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	34
Pts	185-165	117-69
Total Points	350	186
Winners	62	45
%Winners	34%	38%

Both Lourdes Carle and Cirstea played 2 matches. At the moment, Maria Lourdes Carle dropped 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t lost a set so far. Lourdes Carle has played 1 set more than Cirstea (5 vs 4). Therefore, Lourdes Carle played 11 games more than Cirstea. Lourdes Carle scored 62 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 45 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lourdes Carle	Cirstea
Aces	1	7
Avg per match	0.5	3.5
1st in	115/160	56/87
%1st in	72%	64%
1st pts	62/115	45/56
%1st pts	54%	80%
2nd pts	22/45	19/31
%2nd pts	49%	61%

Lourdes Carle blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Cirstea also made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Lourdes Carle won 54% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 80% of the points behind 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	Lourdes Carle	Cirstea
Won	13	9
Converted	13/34	9/13
% Converted	38%	69%
Conceded	17	5
Saved	8	3
% Saved	47%	60%
Times Broken	9	2

Lourdes Carle broke her opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. Lourdes Carle surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Lourdes Carle
	R1 Maria Tig	R2 Avanesyan	Total
Score	2-6 6-2 6-2	7-64 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	24	21	45
pts	87-77	98-88	185-165
Total points	164	186	350
Winners	30	32	62
%Winners	34%	33%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	55/73	60/87	115/160
% 1st in	75%	69%	72%
1st pts	30/55	32/60	62/115
% 1st pts	55%	53%	54%
2nd pts	8/18	14/27	22/45
% 2nd pts	44%	52%	49%
Breaks
Won	7	6	13
Converted	7/16	6/18	13/34
Converted %	44%	33%	38%
Conceded	7	10	17
Saved	2/7	6/10	8
Saved %	29%	60%	45%
Times Broken	5	4	9

Cirstea
	R1 Buzarnescu	R2 Gracheva	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	18	34
pts	55-26	62-43	117-69
Total points	81	105	186
Winners	17	28	45
%Winners	31%	45%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	7
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	23/39	33/48	56/87
% 1st in	59%	69%	64%
1st pts	17/23	28/33	45/56
% 1st pts	74%	85%	80%
2nd pts	12/16	7/15	19/31
% 2nd pts	75%	47%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/8	4/5	9/13
Converted %	63%	80%	69%
Conceded	1	4	5
Saved	0/1	3/4	3
Saved %	0%	75%	38%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Iasi

• Maria Lourdes Carle/Simona WaltertLourdes Carle/Simona Waltert – Quinn Gleason/Ingrid MartinsGleason/Ingrid Martins (3-6 6-2 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter TorebkoTorebko – Marcelo ArevaloArevalo (6-3 6-7² 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Attila BalazsBalazs – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Simona WaltertWaltert – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Anna SiskovaSiskova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction