Sorana Cirstea vs Varvara Gracheva — Montreal Round of 64

Montreal · WTA · Round of 64
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#17WTA
1957ELO
1914Hard ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 August 2023
hard
Varvara Gracheva
FRA
Varvara Gracheva
#95WTA
1810ELO
1763Hard ELO
25 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWWWLW
Cirstea S.
6-4 7-6
Gracheva V.
Cirstea S.
6772
Gracheva V.
4630

Sorana Cirstea defeated Varvara Gracheva 6-4 7-6 in the Montreal round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Sorana Cirstea came in ranked #17, leading the head-to-head 2–0. Sorana Cirstea extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-07-14IasiR16claySorana Cirstea6-2 6-4
2022-01-03Melbourne 2R32hardSorana Cirstea6-0 6-0
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Serve vs return

This season
Cirstea S.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Gracheva V.

Gracheva V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Serve advantage — Cirstea S.

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 hard

Cirstea S.Gracheva V.
67
Serve
3
70
Return
27

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

Statistics

This season
Cirstea S.Gracheva V.
1st serve in·Even
60%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
47%
Service points won·Even
59%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.2
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (158 vs 192). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Cirstea S.Gracheva V.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
85
74
Break points saved·Slight edge
86
76
Break points won·Slight edge
92
87
Deciding sets·Slight edge
85
90
Tiebreaks·Dominant
96
65

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Cirstea S.
7.6
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Gracheva V.
4.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 35 days (−0.7)
Form & Matchup
6.7+151 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.3Hard Elo 1763
6.5Overall Elo 1957
ELO gap
3.5Overall Elo 1810
10.0
H2H
0.0
7.6
Surface form
7.9
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
8.3
Minutes 14d
Surface transition
7.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Cirstea S.Gracheva V.
Freshness·
90
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
22°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 68%

Draw

Final
Pegula J.[4]
Samsonova L.[15]
6-16-0
Semi-finals
Pegula J.[4]
Swiatek I.[1]
6-26-746-4
Samsonova L.[15]
Rybakina E.[3]
1-66-16-2
Quarter-finals
Pegula J.[4]
Gauff C.[6]
6-25-77-5
Rybakina E.[3]
Kasatkina D.[10]
5-77-57-68
Samsonova L.[15]
Bencic B.[12]
6-46-4
Swiatek I.[1]
Collins D.
6-34-66-2
R16
Swiatek I.[1]
Muchova K.[14]
6-14-66-4
Gauff C.[6]
Vondrousova M.[9]
6-36-0
Rybakina E.[3]
Stephens S.
6-36-3
Bencic B.[12]
Kvitova P.[7]
6-736-36-1
Kasatkina D.[10]
Bouzkova M.
6-36-4
Samsonova L.[15]
Sabalenka A.[2]
7-624-66-3
Collins D.
Fernandez L.
6-26-3
Pegula J.[4]
Paolini J.
6-46-0
R32
Muchova K.[14]
Cirstea S.
7-56-4
Pegula J.[4]
Putintseva Y.
6-46-4
Paolini J.
Keys M.[13]
W/O
Stephens S.
Azarenka V.[16]
W/O
Gauff C.[6]
Boulter K.
6-26-2
Rybakina E.[3]
Brady J.
6-737-656-3
Bencic B.[12]
Parks A.
6-35-76-4
Sabalenka A.[2]
Martic P.
6-37-65
Samsonova L.[15]
Zheng Q.
6-36-2
Vondrousova M.[9]
Wozniacki C.
6-27-5
Kvitova P.[7]
Giorgi C.
6-25-76-0
Fernandez L.
Haddad Maia B.[11]
7-55-76-3
Collins D.
Sakkari M.[8]
6-46-2
Kasatkina D.[10]
Blinkova A.
6-27-5
Swiatek I.[1]
Pliskova K.
7-666-2
Bouzkova M.
Garcia C.[5]
6-44-66-2
R64
Paolini J.
Vekic D.
7-636-2
Zheng Q.
Kostyuk M.
6-21-66-3
Samsonova L.[15]
Siniakova K.
4-66-26-3
Muchova K.[14]
Potapova A.
7-646-2
Pliskova K.
Zhu L.
6-36-786-2
Haddad Maia B.[11]
Frech M.
6-46-2
Fernandez L.
Stearns P.
6-36-2
Collins D.
Svitolina E.
6-26-2
Putintseva Y.
Pera B.
6-36-4
Keys M.[13]
Williams V.
6-27-5
Vondrousova M.[9]
Sherif M.
6-46-2
Boulter K.
Marino R.
6-36-1
Bouzkova M.
Day K.
7-616-3
Kasatkina D.[10]
Mertens E.
6-46-2
Azarenka V.[16]
Linette M.
6-36-0
Stephens S.
Kalinina A.
6-47-62
Brady J.
Ostapenko J.
7-670-67-68
Giorgi C.
Andreescu B.
6-36-2
Bencic B.[12]
Bronzetti L.
6-26-3
Wozniacki C.
Birrell K.
6-26-2
Parks A.
Davis L.
7-54-66-2
Martic P.
Bucsa C.
6-06-4
Cirstea S.
Gracheva V.
6-47-63
Blinkova A.
Zhang S.
4-66-26-3