Sorana Cirstea def. Viktorija Golubic — Quarterfinal, Japan Open 2025
WTA 250HardOsaka, Japan
Played17 Oct 2025
🇷🇴ranked WTA number 58 going into this drawWon
Sorana Cirstea 6 2 6
🇨🇭ranked WTA number 64 going into this draw
Viktorija Golubic 2 6 2
Match stats
Serve
5
Aces
1
1
Double faults
2
59%
1st serve in
69%
74%
1st serve points won
61%
58%
2nd serve points won
42%
67%
Service points won
55%
3/5
Break points saved
3/7
Return
45%
Return points won
33%
4/7
Break points won
2/5
78
Total points won
64
Form going in
6–4
Won–lost, last 10 matches
5–5
5–3
Won–lost, last 30 days
2–1
🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 61
No. 61 · R16Osaka R16
M. BouzkovaMarie Bouzkova🇨🇿No. 41
No. 41 · R16Osaka R16
🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 91
No. 91 · R32Osaka R32
B. AndreescuBianca Vanessa Andreescu🇨🇦No. 177
No. 177 · R32Osaka R32
🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 112
No. 112 · R32Wuhan R32
P. HonPriscilla Hon🇦🇺
R128Beijing R128
🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 24
No. 24 · R64Wuhan R64
B. Haddad MaiaBeatriz Haddad Maia🇧🇷
R64New York R64
🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 15
No. 15 · R64Beijing R64
L. BoissonLois Boisson🇫🇷
R128New York R128
🇺🇸C. DolehideCaroline DolehideNo. 88
No. 88 · R128Beijing R128
X. WangXinyu Wang🇨🇳No. 37
No. 37 · QFCleveland QF
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2
No. 2 · R16Seoul R16
K. BoulterKatie Boulter🇬🇧No. 50
No. 50 · R16Cleveland R16
🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 80
No. 80 · R32Seoul R32
L. BronzettiLucia Bronzetti🇮🇹No. 61
No. 61 · R32Cleveland R32
🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12
No. 12 · R64New York R64
E. CocciarettoElisabetta Cocciaretto🇮🇹No. 76
No. 76 · R32Prague R32
🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 75
No. 75 · R128New York R128
A. LiAnn Li🇺🇸No. 64
No. 64 · R128London R128
All 10 matches
🇺🇸C. DolehideCaroline DolehideNo. 88
No. 88 · R128Beijing R128
X. WangXinyu Wang🇨🇳No. 37
No. 37 · QFCleveland QF
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2
No. 2 · R16Seoul R16
K. BoulterKatie Boulter🇬🇧No. 50
No. 50 · R16Cleveland R16
🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 80
No. 80 · R32Seoul R32
L. BronzettiLucia Bronzetti🇮🇹No. 61
No. 61 · R32Cleveland R32
🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12
No. 12 · R64New York R64
E. CocciarettoElisabetta Cocciaretto🇮🇹No. 76
No. 76 · R32Prague R32
🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 75
No. 75 · R128New York R128
A. LiAnn Li🇺🇸No. 64
No. 64 · R128London R128
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
2–0
2 players
1–1
Won6-3 6-1Osaka R16 · No. 61
Won7-6 1-6 6-4Cleveland R16 · No. 50
Won6-2 6-4Cleveland F · No. 64
Lost3-6 6-4 1-6London R128 · No. 64
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
14–6
Hard
5–4
3–2
Clay
1–2
0–1
Grass
0–1
By round
2–0
QF
0–1
1–1
SF
–
10–1
At WTA 250s
4–2
How their matches go
25
Completed matches
13
48%
Won in straight sets
8%
16%
Won after losing a set
38%
16%
Lost after winning a set
31%
20%
Lost in straight sets
23%
3–3
Tiebreaks
3–1
4–4
Deciding sets
5–4
14/15
Won after winning set 1
3/6
2/10
Won after losing set 1
3/7
Last 14 days
4
Matches
2
10
Sets
6
2
Days since last match
1