Sorana Cirstea def. Katie Boulter — Round of 16, Japan Open 2025
WTA 250HardOsaka, Japan
Played15 Oct 2025
🇷🇴ranked WTA number 58 going into this drawWon
Sorana Cirstea 6 6
🇬🇧ranked WTA number 61 going into this draw
Katie Boulter 3 1
Match stats
Serve
3
Aces
1
2
Double faults
4
50%
1st serve in
60%
64%
1st serve points won
48%
64%
2nd serve points won
32%
64%
Service points won
42%
0/2
Break points saved
1/7
Return
58%
Return points won
36%
6/7
Break points won
2/2
56
Total points won
36
Form going in
6–4
Won–lost, last 10 matches
3–7
4–3
Won–lost, last 30 days
2–1
🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 91
No. 91 · R32Osaka R32
L. NoskovaLinda Noskova🇨🇿No. 17
No. 17 · R32Osaka R32
🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 112
No. 112 · R32Wuhan R32
A. AnisimovaAmanda Anisimova🇺🇸No. 4
No. 4 · R64Beijing R64
🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 24
No. 24 · R64Wuhan R64
H. BaptisteHailey Baptiste🇺🇸No. 50
No. 50 · R128Beijing R128
🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 15
No. 15 · R64Beijing R64
M. KostyukMarta Kostyuk🇺🇦No. 29
No. 29 · R128New York R128
🇺🇸C. DolehideCaroline DolehideNo. 88
No. 88 · R128Beijing R128
V. GolubicViktorija Golubic🇨🇭No. 75
No. 75 · R16Cleveland R16
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2
No. 2 · R16Seoul R16
Y. YuanYue Yuan🇨🇳No. 98
No. 98 · R32Cleveland R32
🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 80
No. 80 · R32Seoul R32
O. DanilovicOlga Danilovic🇷🇸
R128Cincinnati R128
🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12
No. 12 · R64New York R64
R. ZarazuaRenata Zarazua🇲🇽No. 71
No. 71 · R128Canada R128
🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 75
No. 75 · R128New York R128
M. SakkariMaria Sakkari🇬🇷No. 88
No. 88 · R32Washington R32
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64
No. 64 · FCleveland F
S. SierraSolana Sierra🇦🇷No. 100
No. 100 · R64London R64
All 10 matches
🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2
No. 2 · R16Seoul R16
Y. YuanYue Yuan🇨🇳No. 98
No. 98 · R32Cleveland R32
🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 80
No. 80 · R32Seoul R32
O. DanilovicOlga Danilovic🇷🇸
R128Cincinnati R128
🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12
No. 12 · R64New York R64
R. ZarazuaRenata Zarazua🇲🇽No. 71
No. 71 · R128Canada R128
🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 75
No. 75 · R128New York R128
M. SakkariMaria Sakkari🇬🇷No. 88
No. 88 · R32Washington R32
🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64
No. 64 · FCleveland F
S. SierraSolana Sierra🇦🇷No. 100
No. 100 · R64London R64
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
2–3
4 players
3–1
Lost7-6 1-6 2-6London R128 · No. 54
Lost2-6 7-5 6-7Madrid R128 · No. 86
Won7-5 5-7 6-4Beijing R128 · No. 50
Won7-5 6-0New York R128 · No. 75
Lost7-6 2-6 1-6London R64 · No. 100
Won6-7 6-4 6-4Cincinnati R32 · No. 93
Won6-4 6-3Cleveland R32 · No. 98
Lost3-6 5-7Canada R128 · No. 95
Won6-2 6-2Nottingham R32 · No. 43
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
13–6
Hard
3–6
3–2
Clay
2–3
0–1
Grass
5–3
By round
2–2
R16
1–2
2–0
QF
0–1
9–1
At WTA 250s
4–2
How their matches go
24
Completed matches
22
46%
Won in straight sets
14%
17%
Won after losing a set
32%
17%
Lost after winning a set
18%
21%
Lost in straight sets
36%
3–3
Tiebreaks
3–2
4–4
Deciding sets
7–4
13/14
Won after winning set 1
8/10
2/10
Won after losing set 1
2/12
Last 14 days
3
Matches
1
8
Sets
2
2
Days since last match
2