Kristina Mladenovic vs Sorana Cirstea — Madrid Quarter-final

Madrid · WTA · Quarter-final
Kristina Mladenovic
FRA14
Kristina Mladenovic
#841WTA
1422ELO
1371Clay ELO
33 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 May 2017
clay
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#17WTA
1957ELO
1856Clay ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
Mladenovic K.
6-4 6-4
Cirstea S.
Mladenovic K.
662
Cirstea S.
440

Kristina Mladenovic defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-4 in the Madrid quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Sorana Cirstea came in ranked #17, defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Mladenovic K.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Cirstea S.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Mladenovic K.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on clay

Mladenovic K.Cirstea S.
—
Serve
81
—
Return
32

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the clay field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Mladenovic K.Cirstea S.
1st serve in·Even
61%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
59%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.6
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mladenovic K.Cirstea S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
27
85
Break points saved·Dominant
26
86
Break points won·Clear edge
69
92
Deciding sets·Dominant
48
85
Tiebreaks·Dominant
65
96

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Mladenovic K.Cirstea S.
Freshness·
—
90

Cirstea S.: 9 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 32%

Draw

Final
Halep S.[3]
Mladenovic K.[14]
7-56-756-2
Semi-finals
Halep S.[3]
Sevastova A.
6-26-3
Mladenovic K.[14]
Kuznetsova S.[8]
6-47-64
Quarter-finals
Sevastova A.
Bertens K.
6-36-3
Halep S.[3]
Vandeweghe C.
6-16-1
Mladenovic K.[14]
Cirstea S.
6-46-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Bouchard E.
6-46-0
R16
Sevastova A.
Arruabarrena L.
7-56-2
Halep S.[3]
Stosur S.[16]
6-44-66-4
Vandeweghe C.
Suarez Navarro C.
5-76-47-5
Cirstea S.
Doi M.
7-53-66-1
Mladenovic K.[14]
Dodin O.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Wang Q.
6-47-5
Bouchard E.
Kerber A.[1]
6-35-0
Bertens K.
Begu I.
6-17-5
R32
Sevastova A.
Pliskova K.[2]
6-36-3
Arruabarrena L.
Strycova B.[15]
3-66-36-3
Begu I.
Larsson J.
4-67-656-3
Bertens K.
Bacsinszky T.
6-26-2
Halep S.[3]
Vinci R.
6-32-67-62
Stosur S.[16]
Duque Marino M.
6-37-5
Suarez Navarro C.
Wozniacki C.[10]
6-42-66-2
Vandeweghe C.
Siegemund L.
6-24-66-3
Doi M.
Vekic D.
6-16-2
Cirstea S.
Bellis C.
6-36-2
Mladenovic K.[14]
Davis L.
6-31-67-61
Dodin O.
Cibulkova D.[4]
6-26-4
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Riske Amritraj A.
2-67-696-2
Wang Q.
Zheng S.
6-23-66-2
Bouchard E.
Sharapova M.
7-52-66-4
Kerber A.[1]
Siniakova K.
6-21-67-5
R64
Pliskova K.[2]
Tsurenko L.
7-652-66-2
Sevastova A.
Zhang S.
6-26-4
Arruabarrena L.
Mchale C.
4-67-616-2
Strycova B.[15]
Safarova L.
5-76-36-3
Begu I.
Vesnina E.[12]
6-46-4
Larsson J.
Schiavone F.
5-76-36-1
Bertens K.
Makarova K.
6-17-64
Bacsinszky T.
Muguruza G.[5]
6-16-3
Halep S.[3]
Pliskova K.
6-16-2
Vinci R.
Kasatkina D.
6-11-66-1
Duque Marino M.
Goerges J.
6-36-4
Stosur S.[16]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-26-0
Wozniacki C.[10]
Niculescu M.
7-56-736-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Peng S.
3-67-56-0
Vandeweghe C.
Kontaveit A.
6-47-67
Siegemund L.
Konta J.[6]
3-67-56-4
Doi M.
Keys M.[9]
6-44-66-4
Vekic D.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-4
Bellis C.
Saville D.
7-55-76-2
Cirstea S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[13]
6-13-67-65
Davis L.
Puig M.
6-34-67-63
Dodin O.
Petkovic A.
6-36-4
Cibulkova D.[4]
Jankovic J.
6-45-77-5
Kuznetsova S.[8]
Shvedova Y.
6-46-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Golubic V.
6-26-4
Wang Q.
Garcia C.
6-46-3
Zheng S.
Svitolina E.[11]
2-67-646-3
Sharapova M.
Lucic M.[17]
4-66-46-0
Bouchard E.
Cornet A.
6-44-66-1
Siniakova K.
Parmentier P.
6-16-0
Kerber A.[1]
Babos T.
6-46-2
Mladenovic K.[14]
Konjuh A.
5-76-30-0