Jelena Ostapenko and Sorana Cirstea will square off in the 1^st round of the Wuhan Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4500 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.55
Jelena Ostapenko -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 6^th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ostapenko won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Adelaide back in 2024.

Jelena Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko

18 - 19win/loss

Hard

8-13

I Hard

0-0

Clay

9-4

Grass

1-2

Rank
23

High
5

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	18-20	8-14	9-4	0-0	1-2	0-0
2024	31-19	14-10	8-6	4-0	5-3	0-0
2023	37-22	21-15	7-4	1-1	8-2	0-0
2022	33-19	19-10	3-3	3-3	8-3	0-0
2021	32-19	12-9	5-4	7-4	8-2	0-0

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Ranked no. 25, Jelena will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Hon in the 2^nd round on the 26^th of September.

The Latvian has an aggregate 18-19 win-loss record in 2025, 8-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Stuttgart where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-4 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, Ostapenko has an overall 409-258 record. She has a positive 145-124 record on hard.

Previously in Wuhan

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

Wuhan

Ostapenko's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

24 - 17win/loss

Hard

20-11

I Hard

1-2

Clay

3-2

Grass

0-2

Rank
43

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. 58, Sorana will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Muchova in the 2^nd round on the 26^th of September.

Sorana has a compiled 24-17 win-loss record in 2025, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of her career, Cirstea has an overall 565-445 record. She has a positive 273-212 record on hard.

Wuhan

Cirstea's Record

Head 2 Head

• 1Slam
• 9Main
• 1ITF
• 6Minor

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 7ITF
• 3Minor

Jelena
Ostapenko

4:2

Sorana
Cirstea

Rank

23

High

5

3Hard1

1Clay0

0Grass1

Rank

43

High

21

Win Loss

Ostapenko

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Cirstea

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2025 2024 2023

18 - 20

30 - 20

8-14

Hard

26-14

0-0

I Hard

1-2

9-4

Clay

3-2

1-2

Grass

0-2

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Xinyu WangWang (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 4-6 4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antonia RuzicRuzic – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Victoria MbokoMboko (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elise MertensMertens – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (7-6⁰ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maya JointJoint – Lin ZhuZhu (7-5 7-6¹⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yue YuanYuan – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (7-6² 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Clara TausonTauson – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Julian LenzLenz (3-6 7-6³ 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter HellerHeller – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-5 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher HeymanHeyman (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker – Sandro EhratEhrat (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Santiago GiraldoGiraldo – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-7⁵ 6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Vincent Thierry SchneiderThierry Schneider (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-2 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (5-7 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel MasurMasur – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (5-7 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Carlos BerlocqBerlocq (6-3 6-7⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Stephane RobertRobert (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emiliana ArangoArango – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Ann LiLi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Donna VekicVekic (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Yue YuanYuan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H and prediction

Ostapenko

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Cirstea