Sorana Cirstea def. Anastasia Zakharova — Round of 32, Korea Open 2025

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Korea Open 2025

WTA 500HardSeoul, South Korea

Played17 Sep 2025

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

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 66 going into this drawWon

Sorana Cirstea 6 6

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 80 going into this draw

Anastasia Zakharova 3 1

🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteavA. ZakharovaAnastasia Zakharova🇷🇺

🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea

🇷🇺Anastasia Zakharova

Match stats

Serve

2

Aces

1

1

Double faults

4

64%

1st serve in

57%

75%

1st serve points won

44%

50%

2nd serve points won

45%

66%

Service points won

45%

3/4

Break points saved

6/11

Return

55%

Return points won

34%

5/11

Break points won

1/4

59

Total points won

38

Head to head

2–0 Cirstea

  1. This matchSeoul R32won by Cirstea
  2. 2025HardCleveland SFwon by Cirstea

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

6–4

6–1

Last 30 days

3–2

By surface

10–4

Hard

4–2

3–2

Clay

–

0–1

Grass

2–2

By round

3–0

R32

2–0

2–1

R16

1–1

5–3

First match at an event

4–0

–

At WTA 500s

1–1

How their matches go

20

Completed matches

9

50%

Won in straight sets

33%

15%

Won after losing a set

22%

15%

Lost after winning a set

11%

20%

Lost in straight sets

33%

4–4

Tiebreaks

0–1

3–3

Deciding sets

2–1

12/13

Won after winning set 1

4/5

1/7

Won after losing set 1

1/4

Serve and return, last 5 matches

54%

1st serve in

57%

75%

1st serve points won

61%

53%

2nd serve points won

46%

71%

Break points saved

44%

46%

Return points won

44%

49%

Break points won

47%

3.6

Aces a match

1.6

2.8

Double faults a match

5.0

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

20

Days since last match

20

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentSorana CirsteaAnastasia Zakharova
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 49
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 49LostLondon R128LostMadrid R128WonCleveland R16
🇭🇷VekicNo. 68
🇭🇷VekicNo. 68WonCincinnati R128WonLondon R32
Total
Total1–22–0

Last 10 matches going in

LatestSorana CirsteaAnastasia Zakharova
1Lost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 12No. 12 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 AugLost🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 52No. 52 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 Aug
2Won🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 75No. 75 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 AugWon🇦🇲E. AvanesyanElina AvanesyanNo. 95No. 95 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 Aug
3Won🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 64No. 64 · 23 AugCleveland F · 23 AugLost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 136No. 136 · 22 AugCleveland SF · 22 Aug
4Won🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 100No. 100 · 22 AugCleveland SF · 22 AugWon🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 62No. 62 · 21 AugCleveland QF · 21 Aug
5Won🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 18No. 18 · 21 AugCleveland QF · 21 AugWon🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 51No. 51 · 19 AugCleveland R16 · 19 Aug
6Won🇨🇭J. TeichmannJil TeichmannNo. 83No. 83 · 20 AugCleveland R16 · 20 AugWon🇦🇺K. BirrellKimberly BirrellNo. 82No. 82 · 17 AugCleveland R32 · 17 Aug
7Won🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 89No. 89 · 18 AugCleveland R32 · 18 AugLost🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 42No. 42 · 3 JulLondon R64 · 3 Jul
8Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 3No. 3 · 13 AugCincinnati R16 · 13 AugWon🇧🇾V. AzarenkaVictoria AzarenkaR128 · 1 JulLondon R128 · 1 Jul
9Won🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 93No. 93 · 11 AugCincinnati R32 · 11 AugLost🇺🇸M. KeysMadison KeysNo. 8No. 8 · 11 JunLondon R16 · 11 Jun
10Won🇵🇱M. FrechMagdalena FrechNo. 25No. 25 · 9 AugCincinnati R64 · 9 AugWon🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 19No. 19 · 9 JunLondon R32 · 9 Jun