Sorana Cirstea vs Daria Kasatkina — Dubai Round of 64

Dubai · WTA · Round of 64
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#18WTA
1957ELO
1914Hard ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 February 2025
hard
Daria Kasatkina
AUS10
Daria Kasatkina
#65WTA
1795ELO
1757Hard ELO
29 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWWL
Cirstea S.
6-1 6-4
Kasatkina D.
Cirstea S.
662
Kasatkina D.
140

Sorana Cirstea defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-4 in the Dubai round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Sorana Cirstea came in ranked #18, defending last year's semi-final. Sorana Cirstea extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-03-18MiamiR32hardSorana Cirstea7-5 6-2
2024-02-05Abu DhabiQFhardDaria Kasatkina6-2 6-0
2021-05-31Roland GarrosR32claySorana Cirstea6-3 6-2
2018-05-07MadridR32clayDaria Kasatkina6-3 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Cirstea S.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Kasatkina D.

Kasatkina D.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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 hard

Cirstea S.Kasatkina D.
67
Serve
0
70
Return
95

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

Statistics

This season
Cirstea S.Kasatkina D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
50%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
48%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.0
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.1
5.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (77 vs 55). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Cirstea S.Kasatkina D.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
85
78
Break points saved·Slight edge
86
80
Break points won·Slight edge
92
100
Deciding sets·Slight edge
85
93
Tiebreaks·Dominant
96
47

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Cirstea S.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Kasatkina D.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
6.7+157 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.3Hard Elo 1757
6.5Overall Elo 1957
ELO gap
3.5Overall Elo 1795
5.4
H2H
4.6
3.9
Surface form
6.0
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
6.3
3-set count
7.0
8.0
Prev. match
8.0
Country comfort
5.1
Context
8.5
Defending pts
6.0

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.Kasatkina D.
Freshness·Even
86
89

Cirstea S.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 30 games (7d) · Kasatkina D.: 8 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
27°CClear
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 45%

Draw

Final
Andreeva M.[12]
Tauson C.
7-616-1
Semi-finals
Tauson C.
Muchova K.[14]
6-46-746-3
Andreeva M.[12]
Rybakina E.[6]
6-44-66-3
Quarter-finals
Muchova K.[14]
Cirstea S.
6-27-5
Rybakina E.[6]
Kenin S.
6-27-62
Andreeva M.[12]
Swiatek I.[2]
6-36-3
Tauson C.
Noskova L.
7-646-4
R16
Andreeva M.[12]
Stearns P.
6-16-1
Tauson C.
Sabalenka A.[1]
6-36-2
Rybakina E.[6]
Badosa P.[9]
4-67-687-62
Muchova K.[14]
Kessler M.
6-31-67-65
Cirstea S.
Navarro E.[8]
7-653-67-5
Noskova L.
Pegula J.[5]
6-37-68
Kenin S.
Paolini J.[4]
6-46-0
Swiatek I.[2]
Yastremska D.
7-56-0
R32
Stearns P.
Zheng Q.[7]
3-66-46-4
Kenin S.
Kostyuk M.
5-77-677-65
Rybakina E.[6]
Uchijima M.
6-36-2
Sabalenka A.[1]
Kudermetova V.
6-36-4
Pegula J.[5]
Samsonova L.
6-06-4
Andreeva M.[12]
Vondrousova M.
7-56-0
Navarro E.[8]
Bencic B.
7-662-66-3
Cirstea S.
Parks A.
3-66-46-1
Noskova L.
Shnaider D.[11]
7-684-66-3
Badosa P.[9]
Mertens E.
6-26-1
Paolini J.[4]
Lys E.
6-27-5
Tauson C.
Svitolina E.
7-653-67-64
Muchova K.[14]
Raducanu E.
7-666-4
Swiatek I.[2]
Azarenka V.
6-06-2
Yastremska D.
Potapova A.
6-26-3
Kessler M.
Gauff C.[3]
6-47-5
R64
Shnaider D.[11]
Frech M.
6-26-2
Raducanu E.
Sakkari M.
6-46-2
Mertens E.
Fernandez L.
6-26-2
Andreeva M.[12]
Avanesyan E.
6-26-1
Svitolina E.
Kalinskaya A.[15]
6-16-2
Tauson C.
Sramkova R.
7-676-0
Noskova L.
Putintseva Y.
6-27-65
Azarenka V.
Kalinina A.
2-67-646-4
Badosa P.[9]
Sun L.
6-36-4
Bencic B.
Ito A.
6-06-2
Cirstea S.
Kasatkina D.[10]
6-16-4
Kudermetova V.
Alexandrova E.
3-66-46-3
Samsonova L.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-2
Uchijima M.
Ostapenko J.
6-36-3
Muchova K.[14]
Lamens S.
6-26-2
Potapova A.
Haddad Maia B.[13]
6-36-0
Yastremska D.
Linette M.
6-37-5
Kessler M.
Anisimova A.
6-26-3
Stearns P.
Jabeur O.
7-666-4
Lys E.
Begu I.
5-77-56-3
Kostyuk M.
Siniakova K.
6-36-4
Parks A.
Wang X.
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.
Garcia C.
6-26-2
Kenin S.
Vekic D.[16]
7-56-3