Sorana Cirstea def. Kimberly Birrell — Round of 64, Wimbledon 2026

🇬🇧
Wimbledon 2026

Grand SlamGrassLondon, Great Britain

Played2 Jul 2026

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

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 18 going into this drawWon

Sorana Cirstea seeded 17 6 6

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 73 going into this draw

Kimberly Birrell 3 4

🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteavK. BirrellKimberly Birrell🇦🇺

🇷🇴Sorana Cirstea

🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell

Match stats

Serve

6

Aces

2

1

Double faults

6

67%

1st serve in

59%

75%

1st serve points won

67%

56%

2nd serve points won

48%

69%

Service points won

59%

0/1

Break points saved

3/6

Serve speed (km/h)

180

Fastest serve

177

166

Average 1st serve

165

135

Average 2nd serve

128

Return

41%

Return points won

31%

3/6

Break points won

1/1

Points

16

Winners

18

9

Unforced errors

21

7/10

Net points won

8/12

60

Total points won

50

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

3–7

2–2

Last 30 days

2–3

By surface

2–1

Grass

2–3

15–5

Hard

9–7

14–5

Clay

1–2

By round

7–1

R64

2–2

9–2

R32

3–4

6–2

At Grand Slams

2–2

How their matches go

39

Completed matches

23

59%

Won in straight sets

22%

15%

Won after losing a set

26%

13%

Lost after winning a set

30%

13%

Lost in straight sets

22%

10–2

Tiebreaks

2–4

6–5

Deciding sets

6–7

27/29

Won after winning set 1

8/10

2/10

Won after losing set 1

3/13

Serve and return, last 5 matches

59%

1st serve in

63%

62%

1st serve points won

64%

43%

2nd serve points won

45%

50%

Break points saved

56%

42%

Return points won

39%

43%

Break points won

43%

2.0

Aces a match

2.4

2.6

Double faults a match

5.2

Last 14 days

1

Matches

3

2

Sets

7

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentSorana CirsteaKimberly Birrell
🇦🇺InglisNo. 148
🇦🇺InglisNo. 148WonLondon R32LostMelbourne R128
🇩🇪MariaNo. 112
🇩🇪MariaNo. 112WonRome R64WonIndian Wells R128WonDubai R64
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 28
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 28WonCluj-Napoca QFWonAdelaide R32
Total
Total4–02–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestSorana CirsteaKimberly Birrell
1Won🇨🇿S. BejlekSara BejlekNo. 45No. 45 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 JunWon🇷🇺A. KorneevaAlina KorneevaNo. 94No. 94 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 Jun
2Lost🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 39No. 39 · 12 JunLondon R16 · 12 JunLost🇭🇷P. MarcinkoPetra MarcinkoNo. 52No. 52 · 24 JunEastbourne R16 · 24 Jun
3Won🇦🇺M. InglisMaddison InglisNo. 141No. 141 · 9 JunLondon R32 · 9 JunWon🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 39No. 39 · 23 JunEastbourne R32 · 23 Jun
4Lost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 8No. 8 · 2 JunParis QF · 2 JunLost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 29No. 29 · 16 JunNottingham R32 · 16 Jun
5Won🇨🇳X. WangXiyu WangNo. 148No. 148 · 31 MayParis R16 · 31 MayLost🇵🇱M. LinetteMagda LinetteNo. 73No. 73 · 8 Jun's-Hertogenbosch R32 · 8 Jun
6Won🇦🇷S. SierraSolana SierraNo. 64No. 64 · 29 MayParis R32 · 29 MayLost🇺🇦O. OliynykovaOleksandra OliynykovaNo. 66No. 66 · 28 MayParis R64 · 28 May
7Won🇩🇪E. LysEva LysNo. 81No. 81 · 27 MayParis R64 · 27 MayWon🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 5No. 5 · 26 MayParis R128 · 26 May
8Won🇫🇷K. EfremovaKsenia EfremovaR128 · 24 MayParis R128 · 24 MayLost🇭🇺P. UdvardyPanna UdvardyNo. 73No. 73 · 22 AprMadrid R128 · 22 Apr
9Lost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 14 MayRome SF · 14 MayLost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 41No. 41 · 19 MarMiami R128 · 19 Mar
10Won🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 40No. 40 · 12 MayRome QF · 12 MayLost🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 10No. 10 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar