Sorana Cirstea def. Liudmila Samsonova — Quarterfinal, Cleveland 2025
WTA 250HardCleveland, USA
Played21 Aug 2025
🇷🇴ranked WTA number 136 going into this drawWon
Sorana Cirstea 6 6
🇷🇺ranked WTA number 18 going into this draw
Liudmila Samsonova seeded 1 4 1
Form going in
7–3
Won–lost, last 10 matches
6–4
5–2
Won–lost, last 30 days
2–2
🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil TeichmannNo. 83
No. 83 · R16Cleveland R16
Y. WangYafan Wang🇨🇳
R16Cleveland R16
🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 89
No. 89 · R32Cleveland R32
C. DolehideCaroline Dolehide🇺🇸No. 76
No. 76 · R32Cleveland R32
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 3
No. 3 · R16Cincinnati R16
T. TownsendTaylor Townsend🇺🇸No. 75
No. 75 · R64Cincinnati R64
🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 93
No. 93 · R32Cincinnati R32
N. OsakaNaomi Osaka🇯🇵No. 51
No. 51 · R64Canada R64
🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 25
No. 25 · R64Cincinnati R64
I. ŚwiątekIga Świątek🇵🇱No. 8
No. 8 · QFLondon QF
🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 53
No. 53 · R128Cincinnati R128
J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas Maneiro🇪🇸No. 60
No. 60 · R16London R16
🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunNo. 95
No. 95 · R128Canada R128
D. KasatkinaDaria Kasatkina🇦🇺No. 16
No. 16 · R32London R32
🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil TeichmannNo. 93
No. 93 · SFIasi SF
Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia Starodubtseva🇺🇦No. 67
No. 67 · R64London R64
🇦🇷M. CarleMaria Lourdes CarleNo. 123
No. 123 · QFIasi QF
M. JointMaya Joint🇦🇺No. 51
No. 51 · R128London R128
🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 92
No. 92 · R16Iasi R16
X. WangXinyu Wang🇨🇳No. 48
No. 48 · SFBerlin SF
All 10 matches
🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 53
No. 53 · R128Cincinnati R128
J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas Maneiro🇪🇸No. 60
No. 60 · R16London R16
🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunNo. 95
No. 95 · R128Canada R128
D. KasatkinaDaria Kasatkina🇦🇺No. 16
No. 16 · R32London R32
🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil TeichmannNo. 93
No. 93 · SFIasi SF
Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia Starodubtseva🇺🇦No. 67
No. 67 · R64London R64
🇦🇷M. CarleMaria Lourdes CarleNo. 123
No. 123 · QFIasi QF
M. JointMaya Joint🇦🇺No. 51
No. 51 · R128London R128
🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 92
No. 92 · R16Iasi R16
X. WangXinyu Wang🇨🇳No. 48
No. 48 · SFBerlin SF
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
1–4
4 players
2–2
Lost4-6 3-6Cincinnati R16 · No. 3
Lost2-6 5-7London QF · No. 8
Lost7-6 1-6 2-6London R128 · No. 54
Lost2-6 7-5 6-7Madrid R128 · No. 86
Lost3-6 6-2 4-6Rome R64 · No. 88
Won6-2 7-5Indian Wells R128 · No. 103
Won6-3 6-2London R128 · No. 51
Lost4-6 6-7Miami R64
Won6-4 6-2Strasbourg SF
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
9–5
Hard
5–4
3–2
Clay
8–5
0–1
Grass
7–3
By round
1–1
QF
2–2
0–1
SF
1–1
7–2
At WTA 250s
2–1
How their matches go
20
Completed matches
32
35%
Won in straight sets
50%
25%
Won after losing a set
13%
20%
Lost after winning a set
19%
20%
Lost in straight sets
19%
3–4
Tiebreaks
6–4
5–4
Deciding sets
4–6
11/14
Won after winning set 1
17/19
1/6
Won after losing set 1
3/13
Last 14 days
6
Matches
3
15
Sets
6
1
Days since last match
1