Sorana Cirstea def. Nikola Bartunkova — Round of 64, Cincinnati Open 2026

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Cincinnati Open 2026

WTA 1000HardCincinnati, USA

Played15 Aug 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 19 going into this drawWon

Sorana Cirstea seeded 15 7 6

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 39 going into this draw

Nikola Bartunkova 65 3

🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteavN. BartunkovaNikola Bartunkova🇨🇿

🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea

🇨🇿Nikola Bartunkova

Match stats

Serve

3

Aces

3

8

Double faults

2

58%

1st serve in

52%

75%

1st serve points won

73%

39%

2nd serve points won

43%

60%

Service points won

58%

5/6

Break points saved

4/7

Return

42%

Return points won

40%

3/7

Break points won

1/6

87

Total points won

81

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

6–4

0–1

Last 30 days

4–2

By surface

7–4

Hard

5–3

14–5

Clay

2–2

3–2

Grass

4–3

By round

7–1

R64

3–0

7–3

R32

4–3

12–6

At WTA 1000s

5–2

How their matches go

32

Completed matches

19

53%

Won in straight sets

26%

16%

Won after losing a set

32%

16%

Lost after winning a set

21%

16%

Lost in straight sets

21%

9–3

Tiebreaks

0–5

5–5

Deciding sets

6–4

21/24

Won after winning set 1

8/11

1/8

Won after losing set 1

3/8

Serve and return, last 5 matches

60%

1st serve in

49%

63%

1st serve points won

65%

50%

2nd serve points won

47%

48%

Break points saved

59%

42%

Return points won

46%

44%

Break points won

44%

5.6

Aces a match

5.6

3.2

Double faults a match

5.0

Last 14 days

1

Matches

4

2

Sets

10

10

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentSorana CirsteaNikola Bartunkova
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1WonRome R32LostBerlin QF
🇧🇪MertensNo. 22
🇧🇪MertensNo. 22WonMiami R32WonBerlin R16
🇷🇺ShnaiderNo. 14
🇷🇺ShnaiderNo. 14WonIndian Wells R64WonBerlin R32
🇮🇹GrantNo. 141
🇮🇹GrantNo. 141WonMadrid R64WonRome R64
Total
Total4–03–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestSorana CirsteaNikola Bartunkova
1Lost🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 76No. 76 · 5 AugCanada R64 · 5 AugWon🇦🇲A. CharaevaAlina CharaevaNo. 118No. 118 · 14 AugCincinnati R128 · 14 Aug
2Lost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 10No. 10 · 4 JulLondon R32 · 4 JulLost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 9No. 9 · 6 AugCanada R32 · 6 Aug
3Won🇦🇺K. BirrellKimberly BirrellNo. 73No. 73 · 2 JulLondon R64 · 2 JulWon🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 30No. 30 · 4 AugCanada R64 · 4 Aug
4Won🇨🇿S. BejlekSara BejlekNo. 45No. 45 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 JunWon🇨🇦B. AndreescuBianca Vanessa AndreescuNo. 173No. 173 · 3 AugCanada R128 · 3 Aug
5Lost🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 39No. 39 · 12 JunLondon R16 · 12 JunLost🇹🇭L. TararudeeLanlana TararudeeNo. 91No. 91 · 23 JulPrague R16 · 23 Jul
6Won🇦🇺M. InglisMaddison InglisNo. 141No. 141 · 9 JunLondon R32 · 9 JunWon🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 120No. 120 · 21 JulPrague R32 · 21 Jul
7Lost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 8No. 8 · 2 JunParis QF · 2 JunLost🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 37No. 37 · 3 JulLondon R32 · 3 Jul
8Won🇨🇳X. WangXiyu WangNo. 148No. 148 · 31 MayParis R16 · 31 MayWon🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 34No. 34 · 1 JulLondon R64 · 1 Jul
9Won🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 64No. 64 · 29 MayParis R32 · 29 MayWon🇺🇸P. StearnsPeyton StearnsNo. 63No. 63 · 29 JunLondon R128 · 29 Jun
10Won🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 81No. 81 · 27 MayParis R64 · 27 MayLost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 19 JunBerlin QF · 19 Jun