Sorana Cirstea def. Anastasia Zakharova — Semifinal, Cleveland 2025

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Cleveland 2025

WTA 250HardCleveland, USA

Played22 Aug 2025

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 136 going into this drawWon

Sorana Cirstea 6 7

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 100 going into this draw

Anastasia Zakharova 1 5

Form going in

🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaA. ZakharovaAnastasia Zakharova🇷🇺

7–3

Won–lost, last 10 matches

5–5

6–2

Won–lost, last 30 days

3–0

🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila Samsonova

No. 18 · QF

WonWon

E. LysEva Lys🇩🇪

No. 62 · QF

🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil Teichmann

No. 83 · R16

WonWon

H. BaptisteHailey Baptiste🇺🇸

No. 51 · R16

🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka Uchijima

No. 89 · R32

WonWon

K. BirrellKimberly Birrell🇦🇺

No. 82 · R32

🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga Świątek

No. 3 · R16

LostLost

D. YastremskaDayana Yastremska🇺🇦

No. 42 · R64

🇨🇳Y. YuanYue Yuan

No. 93 · R32

WonWon

V. AzarenkaVictoria Azarenka🇧🇾

R128

All 10 matches

🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena Frech

No. 25 · R64

WonLost

M. KeysMadison Keys🇺🇸

No. 8 · R16

🇭🇷D. VekicDonna Vekic

No. 53 · R128

WonWon

D. VekicDonna Vekic🇭🇷

No. 19 · R32

🇳🇿L. SunLulu Sun

No. 95 · R128

LostLost

C. DolehideCaroline Dolehide🇺🇸

No. 79 · R32

🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil Teichmann

No. 93 · SF

LostLost

A. SasnovichAliaksandra Sasnovich🇧🇾

No. 145 · R32

🇦🇷M. CarleMaria Lourdes Carle

No. 123 · QF

WonLost

M. FrechMagdalena Frech🇵🇱

R32

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaA. ZakharovaAnastasia Zakharova🇷🇺

1–2

2 players

2–0

Lost7-6 1-6 2-6London R128 · No. 54

Lost2-6 7-5 6-7Madrid R128 · No. 86

🇺🇸Baptiste

Won6-4 6-3Cleveland R16 · No. 51

Won6-1 4-6 6-3Cincinnati R128 · No. 53

🇭🇷Vekic

Won6-3 6-3London R32 · No. 19

Stats, 6 months going in

🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaA. ZakharovaAnastasia Zakharova🇷🇺

By surface

10–5

Hard

3–1

3–2

Clay

–

0–1

Grass

2–2

By round

0–1

SF

–

8–2

At WTA 250s

3–1

How their matches go

21

Completed matches

7

38%

Won in straight sets

29%

24%

Won after losing a set

29%

19%

Lost after winning a set

29%

19%

Lost in straight sets

14%

3–4

Tiebreaks

0–1

5–4

Deciding sets

2–2

12/15

Won after winning set 1

3/4

1/6

Won after losing set 1

1/3

Last 14 days

6

Matches

2

14

Sets

5

1

Days since last match

3