Linda Noskova def. Sorana Cirstea — Round of 32, Indian Wells Open 2026

🇺🇸
Indian Wells Open 2026

WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA

Played8 Mar 2026

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

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 14 going into this drawWon

Linda Noskova seeded 14 65 6 6

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 38 going into this draw

Sorana Cirstea 7 4 4

🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovavS. CirsteaSorana Cirstea🇷🇴

🇨🇿Linda Noskova

🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea

Match stats

Serve

10

Aces

12

6

Double faults

3

58%

1st serve in

54%

75%

1st serve points won

68%

60%

2nd serve points won

57%

69%

Service points won

63%

0/1

Break points saved

9/12

Return

37%

Return points won

31%

3/12

Break points won

1/1

111

Total points won

104

Head to head

2–1 Noskova

  1. This matchIndian Wells R32won by Noskova
  2. 2026HardDubai R32won by Cirstea
  3. 2024HardBrisbane R32won by Noskova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

9–1

3–2

Last 30 days

6–1

By surface

16–8

Hard

20–8

By round

3–4

R32

6–1

2–2

R16

3–3

10–4

At WTA 1000s

6–3

How their matches go

21

Completed matches

27

33%

Won in straight sets

52%

29%

Won after losing a set

19%

14%

Lost after winning a set

11%

24%

Lost in straight sets

19%

3–2

Tiebreaks

3–0

6–3

Deciding sets

5–3

11/12

Won after winning set 1

16/16

2/9

Won after losing set 1

3/11

Serve and return, last 5 matches

58%

1st serve in

56%

72%

1st serve points won

73%

47%

2nd serve points won

56%

57%

Break points saved

59%

41%

Return points won

42%

41%

Break points won

47%

5.0

Aces a match

5.2

4.6

Double faults a match

1.8

Last 14 days

1

Matches

2

2

Sets

5

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentLinda NoskovaSorana Cirstea
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 91
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 91WonBeijing R16WonCluj-Napoca QF
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 16
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 16WonWuhan R32LostMelbourne R64
🇬🇧BoulterNo. 69
🇬🇧BoulterNo. 69LostOsaka R32WonOsaka R16
Total
Total2–12–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestLinda NoskovaSorana Cirstea
1Won🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 48No. 48 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 MarWon🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 21No. 21 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar
2Lost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 31No. 31 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 55No. 55 · 4 MarIndian Wells R128 · 4 Mar
3Won🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 41No. 41 · 15 FebDubai R64 · 15 FebLost🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 40No. 40 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
4Lost🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 73No. 73 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebWon🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 12No. 12 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
5Won🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 29No. 29 · 9 FebDoha R64 · 9 FebWon🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 114No. 114 · 16 FebDubai R64 · 16 Feb
6Lost🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 43No. 43 · 24 JanMelbourne R32 · 24 JanWon🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 29No. 29 · 7 FebCluj-Napoca F · 7 Feb
7Won🇦🇺T. PrestonTaylah PrestonNo. 204No. 204 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 JanWon🇺🇦D. SnigurDaria SnigurNo. 136No. 136 · 6 FebCluj-Napoca SF · 6 Feb
8Won🇱🇻D. SemenistajaDarja SemenistajaNo. 96No. 96 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 JanWon🇦🇹A. PotapovaAnastasia PotapovaNo. 55No. 55 · 5 FebCluj-Napoca QF · 5 Feb
9Lost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 9No. 9 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 JanWon🇸🇮T. ZidansekTamara ZidansekNo. 151No. 151 · 4 FebCluj-Napoca R16 · 4 Feb
10Won🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 59No. 59 · 7 JanBrisbane R32 · 7 JanWon🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 93No. 93 · 2 FebCluj-Napoca R32 · 2 Feb