Johanna Konta vs Sorana Cirstea — Eastbourne Round of 32

Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 32
GBR5
Johanna Konta
35 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 June 2017
grass
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#17WTA
1957ELO
1689Grass ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
Konta J.
6-2 6-2
Cirstea S.
Konta J.
662
Cirstea S.
220

Johanna Konta defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-2 in the Eastbourne round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Sorana Cirstea came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, but Johanna Konta had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 5 on grass. Johanna Konta narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-05-31Roland GarrosR128claySorana Cirstea7-6(5) 6-2
2020-08-31US OpenR64hardSorana Cirstea2-6 7-6(5) 6-4
2017-04-22Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs GBRRRclayJohanna Konta6-2 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Konta J.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Cirstea S.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Konta J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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

Statistics

This season
Konta J.Cirstea S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.3
3.2
Double faults / match·Even
2.3
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Konta J.Cirstea S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
66
85
Break points saved·Even
90
86
Break points won·Dominant
67
92
Deciding sets·Even
84
85
Tiebreaks·Dominant
48
96

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

Freshness

Recent load
Konta J.Cirstea S.
Freshness·
—
90

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
19°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 54%

Draw

Final
Pliskova K.[3]
Wozniacki C.[6]
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Pliskova K.[3]
Konta J.[5]
W/O
Wozniacki C.[6]
Watson H.
6-23-67-5
Quarter-finals
Watson H.
Strycova B.
6-11-66-4
Wozniacki C.[6]
Halep S.[2]
5-76-46-1
Pliskova K.[3]
Kuznetsova S.[7]
6-776-26-4
Konta J.[5]
Kerber A.[1]
6-36-4
R16
Konta J.[5]
Ostapenko J.[3]
7-53-66-4
Wozniacki C.[6]
Vesnina E.[12]
6-16-2
Strycova B.
Davis L.
7-56-2
Pliskova K.[3]
Peng S.
7-636-4
Watson H.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
6-46-3
Halep S.[2]
Pironkova T.
6-767-647-5
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Mladenovic K.[9]
6-42-66-3
Kerber A.[1]
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-1
R32
Ostapenko J.[3]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-30-66-4
Mladenovic K.[9]
Zhang S.
6-06-4
Halep S.[2]
Duan Y.
3-66-36-2
Pironkova T.
Niculescu M.
6-06-4
Vesnina E.[12]
Cepede Royg V.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.[6]
Osaka N.
6-27-65
Watson H.
Cibulkova D.[4]
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[14]
Mertens E.
3-66-46-1
Strycova B.
Muguruza G.[11]
6-16-0
Davis L.
Radwanska A.[8]
7-616-1
Kuznetsova S.[7]
Barthel M.
4-67-56-2
Peng S.
Bacsinszky T.[15]
7-672-66-4
Pliskova K.[3]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-46-3
Konta J.[5]
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Saville D.[16]
2-66-26-3
Kerber A.[1]
Pliskova K.
4-66-17-5
R64
Niculescu M.
Lucic M.
6-45-77-5
Cepede Royg V.
Hsieh S.
4-66-36-3
Osaka N.
Ozaki R.
6-06-1
Watson H.
Tsurenko L.
6-34-66-4
Mertens E.
Babos T.
6-16-1
Strycova B.
Bouchard E.
6-33-66-2
Davis L.
Kucova K.
6-46-2
Zhang S.
Lepchenko V.
6-26-1
Peng S.
Schiavone F.
6-36-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Cornet A.
6-47-5
Cirstea S.
Siniakova K.
6-36-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Makarova K.
6-36-1
Pliskova K.
Broady N.
6-26-776-1
Duan Y.
Mchale C.
6-34-0
Barthel M.
Konjuh A.
6-41-0
Arruabarrena L.
Putintseva Y.
6-46-722-1