Karolina Muchova and Sorana Cirstea will square off in the 2^nd round of the China Open for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on MOON. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.59
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 8^th time that Karolina Muchova and Sorana Cirstea face off. The head to head is 6-1 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Muchova won 7-6(0) 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 2^nd round in at the U.S. Open back in August 2025.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs Sorana Cirstea – U.S. Open 28-August-2025

Karolina Muchova

Ranked no. 15, Karolina will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-4 7-6(3) to Osaka in the quarter on the 3^rd of September.

Muchova has an aggregate 20-13 win-loss record in 2025, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Karolina’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Australia, Linz and Dubai.

Talking about her overall career, Muchova has an overall 246-121 record. She has a positive 129-54 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2024. See her history.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 64, Cirstea reached the 2^nd round after defeating Caroline Dolehide 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Dolehide (6-2 6-3). During the match Cirstea scored 56 points vs Dolehide’s 40. Cirstea was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Cirstea blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 55% of her first serves in, winning 77% (17/22) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Dolehide 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Cleveland where she beat Ann Li in the final 6-2 6-4.

Cirstea has an aggregate 24-16 win-loss record in 2025, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Maverick BanesBanes (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Duckhee Lee
  Lee (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez – Francesco FortiForti (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin CuevasCuevas – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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