Donna Vekic and Sorana Cirstea will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
Donna Vekic -> 1.46
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 7th time that Donna Vekic and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Cirstea won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in Dubai back in 2024.
Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs Donna Vekic – Dubai 21-February-2024
Donna Vekic
10 - 18win/loss
72
17
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-20 | 16-9 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 10-9 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53, Vekic will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match at the London where she lost 6-1 6-3 to Bucsa in the 2nd round on the 2nd of July.
Donna has an aggregate 10-17 win-loss record in 2025, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Donna has an overall 404-300 record. She has a positive 226-160 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2023. See her history.
Sorana Cirstea
12 - 13win/loss
44
21
| 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. 138, Cirstea will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-3 7-5 to Sun in the 1st round on the 28th of July.
Cirstea has an aggregate 11-13 win-loss record in 2025, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Iasi.
In terms of her career, The Romanian has an overall 552-441 record. She has a positive 260-208 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2009. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Enrique Lopez-Perez/David MarreroLopez-Perez/David Marrero – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (7-65 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico GaioGaio – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Adam PavlasekPavlasek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alessandro BegaBega (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steve DarcisDarcis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-75 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 5-7 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinCachin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (6-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo ArguelloArguello – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo GastonGaston – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Peter HellerHeller (7-63 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sumit NagalNagal – Hugo NysNys (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Bernarda PeraPera – Eva LysLys (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BondarBondar – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Lin ZhuZhu – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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