Sorana Cirstea and Ajla Tomljanovic will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.44
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

This will be the 5^th time that Sorana Cirstea and Ajla Tomljanovic face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tomljanovic won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Bad Homburg back in June 2025.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 45, the Romanian reached the 2^nd round after beating Dalma Galfi 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Galfi (7-5 6-3). During the match, Cirstea scored 68 points vs Galfi’s 53. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cirstea blasted 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Cirstea put 65% of her first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Galfi 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Cirstea has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (247-201). 25-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cirstea has an aggregate 136-99 record in the last years on hard.

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.

The Romanian has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2025, 25-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 86, Ajla reached the 2^nd round after beating Momoko Kobori 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kobori (7-5 6-2). During the match Tomljanovic scored 75 points vs Kobori’s 63. Ajla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Tomljanovic scored 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 73% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Kobori 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Austin and Rabat.

Ajla has an overall 27-25 win-loss record in 2025, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Ajla has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cirstea	Tomljanovic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	20
Pts	68-53	75-63
Total Points	121	138
Winners	30	33
%Winners	44%	44%

Both Cirstea and Tomljanovic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cirstea and Tomljanovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cirstea played 1 game more than Tomljanovic. The Romanian scored 30 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tomljanovic managed to score 33 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cirstea	Tomljanovic
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	2
1st in	36/55	48/66
%1st in	65%	73%
1st pts	30/36	33/48
%1st pts	83%	69%
2nd pts	9/19	6/18
%2nd pts	47%	33%

Cirstea struck 3 aces . Tomljanovic scored 2 aces . Cirstea won 83% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cirstea	Tomljanovic
Won	4	5
Converted	4/7	5/8
% Converted	57%	63%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Sorana broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Sorana lost her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Ajla broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Tomljanovic conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Cirstea
	R1 Galfi	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	68-53	68-53
Total points	121	121
Winners	30	30
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	36/55	36/55
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	30/36	30/36
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	9/19	9/19
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Tomljanovic
	R1 Kobori	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	75-63	75-63
Total points	138	138
Winners	33	33
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	48/66	48/66
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	33/48	33/48
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	6/18	6/18
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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