Iga Świątek def. Sorana Cirstea — Round of 16, Korea Open 2025

🇰🇷
Korea Open 2025

WTA 500HardSeoul, South Korea

Played18 Sep 2025

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

🇵🇱ranked WTA number 2 going into this drawWon

Iga Świątek seeded 1 6 6

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 66 going into this draw

Sorana Cirstea 3 2

🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekvS. CirsteaSorana Cirstea🇷🇴

🇵🇱Iga Świątek

🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea

Match stats

Serve

2

Aces

4

1

Double faults

1

47%

1st serve in

54%

60%

1st serve points won

46%

61%

2nd serve points won

40%

60%

Service points won

43%

5/7

Break points saved

11/17

Return

57%

Return points won

40%

6/17

Break points won

2/7

69

Total points won

49

Head to head

5–0 Świątek

  1. This matchSeoul R16won by Świątek
  2. 2025HardCincinnati R16won by Świątek
  3. 2024ClayMadrid R32won by Świątek
  4. 2024HardDoha R32won by Świątek
  5. 2022HardMelbourne R16won by Świątek

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

8–2

4–1

Last 30 days

6–1

By surface

15–3

Hard

11–4

11–4

Clay

3–2

11–1

Grass

0–1

By round

8–1

R16

2–1

5–3

QF

2–0

4–2

At WTA 500s

1–0

How their matches go

44

Completed matches

21

68%

Won in straight sets

52%

14%

Won after losing a set

14%

5%

Lost after winning a set

14%

14%

Lost in straight sets

19%

4–3

Tiebreaks

4–4

6–2

Deciding sets

3–3

32/32

Won after winning set 1

13/14

4/12

Won after losing set 1

1/7

Serve and return, last 5 matches

56%

1st serve in

56%

73%

1st serve points won

75%

47%

2nd serve points won

51%

54%

Break points saved

71%

48%

Return points won

47%

52%

Break points won

49%

4.2

Aces a match

2.6

3.8

Double faults a match

2.6

Last 14 days

0

Matches

1

0

Sets

2

15

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentIga ŚwiątekSorana Cirstea
🇷🇺SamsonovaNo. 21
🇷🇺SamsonovaNo. 21WonLondon QFWonCleveland QF
🇺🇸Collins
🇺🇸CollinsWonLondon R32LostRome R32LostMiami R64
🇮🇹CocciarettoNo. 92
🇮🇹CocciarettoNo. 92WonRome R64WonMiami R128
Total
Total3–12–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestIga ŚwiątekSorana Cirstea
1Lost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 9No. 9 · 3 SepNew York QF · 3 SepWon🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 80No. 80 · 17 SepSeoul R32 · 17 Sep
2Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 14No. 14 · 1 SepNew York R16 · 1 SepLost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12No. 12 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 Aug
3Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 31No. 31 · 30 AugNew York R32 · 30 AugWon🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 75No. 75 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 Aug
4Won🇳🇱S. LamensSuzan LamensNo. 63No. 63 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 AugWon🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64No. 64 · 23 AugCleveland F · 23 Aug
5Won🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 81No. 81 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 AugWon🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 100No. 100 · 22 AugCleveland SF · 22 Aug
6Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 9No. 9 · 18 AugCincinnati F · 18 AugWon🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 18No. 18 · 21 AugCleveland QF · 21 Aug
7Won🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 12No. 12 · 17 AugCincinnati SF · 17 AugWon🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil TeichmannNo. 83No. 83 · 20 AugCleveland R16 · 20 Aug
8Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 31No. 31 · 15 AugCincinnati QF · 15 AugWon🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 89No. 89 · 18 AugCleveland R32 · 18 Aug
9Won🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 138No. 138 · 13 AugCincinnati R16 · 13 AugLost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 3No. 3 · 13 AugCincinnati R16 · 13 Aug
10Won🇺🇦M. KostyukMarta KostyukNo. 28No. 28 · 11 AugCincinnati R32 · 11 AugWon🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 93No. 93 · 11 AugCincinnati R32 · 11 Aug