Yue Yuan and Sorana Cirstea will play each other in the 3rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Yue Yuan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yue Yuan is the pick to win this match.
Yue Yuan -> 1.9
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Yue Yuan vs. Sorana Cirstea

There is no head to head record between Yue Yuan and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yue Yuan

Yue Yuan

16 - 19win/loss

Hard
8-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-4
Grass
3-4
Rank
129
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-27 11-18 5-4 0-1 3-4 0-0
2024 32-27 27-17 3-6 0-0 2-4 0-0
2023 41-29 27-17 8-7 1-2 5-3 0-0
2022 44-25 33-16 9-7 0-0 2-2 0-0
2021 24-17 6-7 3-6 15-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 98, Yuan reached the 3rd round after beating Astra Sharma 6-4 6-2, Clervie Ngounoue 3-6 6-4 6-3, Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-2 and Diana Shnaider 6-4 1-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Yue defeated Shnaider (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match, Yuan scored 83 points vs Shnaider’s 81. Yue was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Yuan made 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yue Yuan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. The Chinese broke Shnaider 3 times after converting 23% of her break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yue started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Yuan has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (276-205). 8-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Yuan has a composed 206-146 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W100 Oeiras where she overcame Greetje Minnen in the final 4-6 6-4 6-2.

The Chinese has a composed 16-19 win-loss record in 2025, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Yuan's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

13 - 13win/loss

Hard
9-7
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-2
Grass
0-2
Rank
44
High
21
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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
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Ranked no. 136, the Romanian got to the 3rd round after defeating Donna Vekic 6-1 4-6 6-3 and Magdalena Frech 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Romanian defeated Frech (7-64 2-6 6-4). During the match Cirstea scored 92 points vs Frech’s 86. Sorana was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Cirstea made 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Frech 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cirstea has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Sorana’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Iasi.

The Romanian has an overall 13-13 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2009. See her history

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Cincinnati
Cirstea's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Yuan
S.Cirstea
6h:37
6h:37
Time on court​
4h:42
4h:42
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
!
2h:22
2h:22
!
4
4
Match played
2
2
88
88
Games Played​
57
57
10
10
Set played​​
6
6
299
299
Total points​
198
198
74.8
74.8
Avg point​
99
99
117
117
Winners
65
65
29.3
29.3
Avg Winners​
32.5
32.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
13
13
1.8
1.8
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
117/182
117/182
1st won total​
65/91
65/91
64%
64%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
54/104
54/104
2nd won total​
37/68
37/68
52%
52%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
19/41
19/41
BP won
9/28
9/28
4.8/10.3
4.8/10.3
Avg BP won
4.5/14
4.5/14
46%
46%
Won
32%
32%
29
29
Conceded
11
11
7.3
7.3
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
13
13
Broken
7
7
3.3
3.3
Avg Broken
3.5
3.5
16
16
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Yuan Cirstea
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 60 57
Pts 222-186 198-179
Total Points 408 377
Winners 88 65
%Winners 40% 33%

Yuan played 3 matches while Cirstea competed in 2 matches. Yuan started her run from the qualifications while Cirstea had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yue Yuan surrendered 1 set, while Sorana Cirstea lost 2 sets. Yuan has played 1 set more than Cirstea (7 vs 6). Therefore, Yuan played 3 games more than Cirstea. Yuan scored 88 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sorana made 65 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Yuan Cirstea
Aces 6 13
Avg per match 2 6.5
1st in 135/209 91/159
%1st in 65% 57%
1st pts 88/135 65/91
%1st pts 65% 71%
2nd pts 37/74 37/68
%2nd pts 50% 54%

Yuan fired 6 aces (2 per match). Cirstea managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Yuan won 65% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Yuan Cirstea
Won 15 9
Converted 15/30 9/28
% Converted 50% 32%
Conceded 22 11
Saved 14 4
% Saved 64% 36%
Times Broken 8 7

Yuan broke her opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yuan conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 9 times with a 32% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded.

Yuan
Q1
Sharma		 Q3
Ngounoue		 R1
Bucsa		 R2
Shnaider		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-4 1-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 18 28 16 26 88
pts 71-58 – 68-47 83-81 222-186
Total points 129 0 115 164 408
Winners 28 27 33 88
%Winners 39% 0% 40% 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 2 3 6
Double Faults 1 1 1 3
1st in 50/73 / 40/62 45/74 135/209
% 1st in 68% 0% 65% 61% 65%
1st pts 28/50 / 27/40 33/45 88/135
% 1st pts 56% 0% 68% 73% 65%
2nd pts 12/23 / 10/22 15/29 37/74
% 2nd pts 52% 0% 45% 52% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6 3 15
Converted 6/8 / 6/9 3/13 15/30
Converted % 75% 0% 67% 23% 50%
Conceded 9 7 6 22
Saved 6/9 0/ 5/7 3/6 14
Saved % 67% – 71% 50% 47%
Times Broken 3 2 3 8
Cirstea
R1
Vekic		 R2
Frech		 Total
Score 6-1 4-6 6-3 7-64 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 26 31 57
pts 106-93 92-86 198-179
Total points 199 178 377
Winners 28 37 65
%Winners 26% 40% 33%
SERVE
Aces 7 6 13
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 38/78 53/81 91/159
% 1st in 49% 65% 57%
1st pts 28/38 37/53 65/91
% 1st pts 74% 70% 71%
2nd pts 20/40 17/28 37/68
% 2nd pts 50% 61% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/22 3/6 9/28
Converted % 27% 50% 32%
Conceded 5 6 11
Saved 2/5 2/6 4
Saved % 40% 33% 18%
Times Broken 3 4 7

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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