Sorana Cirstea vs Yulia Putintseva — Nurnberg Quarter-final

Nurnberg · WTA · Quarter-final
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#17WTA
1957ELO
1856Clay ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 22 May 2017
clay
Yulia Putintseva
KAZ2
Yulia Putintseva
#82WTA
1805ELO
1740Clay ELO
31 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLWLL
Cirstea S.
6-3 3-6 6-4
Putintseva Y.
Cirstea S.
6362
Putintseva Y.
3641

Sorana Cirstea defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the Nurnberg quarter-final on clay. Sorana Cirstea narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Sorana Cirstea closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-01-16Australian OpenR128hardYulia Putintseva2-6 6-4 6-3
2019-05-20NurnbergSFclayYulia Putintseva6-4 7-5
2018-04-23IstanbulR32clayYulia Putintseva0-6 6-1 6-0
2016-06-13MallorcaR32grassSorana Cirstea6-3 6-2
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Serve vs return

This season
Cirstea S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Putintseva Y.

Putintseva Y.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

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

Cirstea S.Putintseva Y.
81
Serve
—
32
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Cirstea S.Putintseva Y.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
47%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.3
1.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Cirstea S.Putintseva Y.
Clutch Rating·Even
85
83
Break points saved·Even
86
87
Break points won·Slight edge
92
98
Deciding sets·Even
85
86
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
96
72

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

Freshness

Recent load
Cirstea S.Putintseva Y.
Freshness·Clear edge
90
75

Cirstea S.: 9 days rest · 3 matches (14d) · Putintseva Y.: 3 days rest · 4 matches, 74 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Bertens K.[1]
Krejcikova B.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Krejcikova B.
Cirstea S.
6-44-66-0
Bertens K.[1]
Doi M.
6-20-1
Quarter-finals
Cirstea S.
Putintseva Y.[2]
6-33-66-4
Krejcikova B.
Witthoeft C.
3-66-37-62
Bertens K.[1]
Riske Amritraj A.[5]
6-46-3
Doi M.
Shvedova Y.[7]
6-40-0
R16
Riske Amritraj A.[5]
Flipkens K.
6-26-2
Putintseva Y.[2]
Wickmayer Y.
6-46-0
Cirstea S.
Lepchenko V.
6-06-746-3
Witthoeft C.
Goerges J.[6]
6-17-5
Shvedova Y.[7]
Maria T.
6-26-4
Doi M.
Dodin O.
3-66-06-3
Bertens K.[1]
Beck A.
7-56-2
Krejcikova B.
Siegemund L.[4]
4-65-5
R32
Doi M.
Sakkari M.
7-600-0
Krejcikova B.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-45-2
Putintseva Y.[2]
Glushko J.
6-45-76-0
Wickmayer Y.
Sadikovic A.
7-6156-746-2
Lepchenko V.
Rodina E.
6-26-2
Siegemund L.[4]
Hobgarski K.
6-06-1
Witthoeft C.
Larsson J.
6-16-0
Goerges J.[6]
Hibino N.
7-56-1
Shvedova Y.[7]
Zaja A.
3-67-56-1
Maria T.
Bouzkova M.
6-06-1
Dodin O.
Zhang S.[3]
6-7116-36-4
Riske Amritraj A.[5]
Mertens E.
6-44-66-3
Cirstea S.
Niculescu M.[8]
6-41-0
Flipkens K.
Tomljanovic A.
6-24-66-3
Beck A.
Rueffer L.
6-36-3
Bertens K.[1]
Gerlach K.
6-26-1