Coco Gauff def. Sorana Cirstea — Round of 16, Miami Open 2026

🇺🇸
Miami Open 2026

WTA 1000HardMiami, USA

Played23 Mar 2026

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

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 4 going into this drawWon

Coco Gauff seeded 4 6 3 6

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 35 going into this draw

Sorana Cirstea 4 6 2

🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffvS. CirsteaSorana Cirstea🇷🇴

🇺🇸Coco Gauff

🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea

Match stats

Serve

1

Aces

1

6

Double faults

1

74%

1st serve in

73%

66%

1st serve points won

48%

29%

2nd serve points won

52%

56%

Service points won

49%

4/9

Break points saved

6/13

Return

51%

Return points won

44%

7/13

Break points won

5/9

92

Total points won

81

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

8–2

3–1

Last 30 days

5–1

By surface

22–6

Hard

22–8

1–2

Indoor hard

–

By round

4–0

R16

3–2

4–1

QF

2–1

15–4

At WTA 1000s

9–4

How their matches go

30

Completed matches

29

53%

Won in straight sets

52%

23%

Won after losing a set

21%

10%

Lost after winning a set

14%

13%

Lost in straight sets

14%

6–1

Tiebreaks

4–0

7–3

Deciding sets

6–4

18/18

Won after winning set 1

18/19

5/12

Won after losing set 1

3/10

Serve and return, last 5 matches

62%

1st serve in

60%

66%

1st serve points won

70%

37%

2nd serve points won

53%

58%

Break points saved

72%

47%

Return points won

40%

41%

Break points won

36%

2.4

Aces a match

8.2

9.6

Double faults a match

2.6

Last 14 days

2

Matches

3

6

Sets

7

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentCoco GauffSorana Cirstea
🇧🇪MertensNo. 21
🇧🇪MertensNo. 21WonDubai R16WonMiami R32
🇨🇳ZhangNo. 62
🇨🇳ZhangNo. 62WonWuhan R16WonMiami R128LostWuhan R32
🇵🇭EalaNo. 32
🇵🇭EalaNo. 32LostIndian Wells R32WonDubai QFLostDubai R16
🇺🇿RakhimovaNo. 88
🇺🇿RakhimovaNo. 88WonIndian Wells R64WonMelbourne R128WonBeijing R64WonCluj-Napoca R32
🇨🇿MuchováNo. 13
🇨🇿MuchováNo. 13WonMelbourne R16LostBeijing R64
🇩🇪LysNo. 70
🇩🇪LysNo. 70WonBeijing QFWonMelbourne R128
Total
Total10–25–6

Last 10 matches going in

LatestCoco GauffSorana Cirstea
1Won🇺🇸A. ParksAlycia ParksNo. 96No. 96 · 21 MarMiami R32 · 21 MarWon🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 21No. 21 · 21 MarMiami R32 · 21 Mar
2Won🇮🇹E. CocciarettoElisabetta CocciarettoNo. 42No. 42 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 MarWon🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 14No. 14 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 Mar
3Lost🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 31No. 31 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 MarWon🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 62No. 62 · 17 MarMiami R128 · 17 Mar
4Won🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 92No. 92 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 MarLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 14No. 14 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 Mar
5Lost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 20 FebDubai SF · 20 FebWon🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 21No. 21 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar
6Won🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 40No. 40 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 FebWon🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 55No. 55 · 4 MarIndian Wells R128 · 4 Mar
7Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebLost🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 40No. 40 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
8Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 28No. 28 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 12No. 12 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
9Lost🇮🇹E. CocciarettoElisabetta CocciarettoNo. 51No. 51 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebWon🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 114No. 114 · 16 FebDubai R64 · 16 Feb
10Lost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 12No. 12 · 27 JanMelbourne QF · 27 JanWon🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 29No. 29 · 7 FebCluj-Napoca F · 7 Feb