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Bojana Jovanovski v Sorana Cirstea: stats compared | Lineball
Cirstea wins on first-serve points won %. Jovanovski’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Jovanovski 235 matches, Cirstea 750 matches.
Cirstea averages 2.5 aces a match to Jovanovski’s 1.5 (66% more).
Cirstea averages 2.6 double faults a match to Jovanovski’s 3.4.
Jovanovski has the better first serve in %: 63.6 to Cirstea’s 58.1.
Winners’ edge: Cirstea’s team won 52%, Jovanovski’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Cirstea has 750 matches across 21 seasons, Jovanovski 235 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.02 total · best 1Titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
63.6First serve in %58.1
60.0First-serve points won %63.9
51.2Break points saved %53.6
43.1Return points won %43.6
1.5355 total · best 11Acesper game2.51,883 total · best 18
Head to head
36 matches since 20113
Hard · 4 matchesJovanovski 3Cirstea 1
Clay · 1 matchJovanovski 0Cirstea 1
Grass · 1 matchJovanovski 0Cirstea 1
Last meetings
28 July 2014 · Washington · Round of 16 · HardJovanovski won 4-6 7-5 6-3
19 Apr 2014 · Fed Cup WG PO: ROU vs SRB · Round robin · ClayCirstea won 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3
30 Sept 2013 · Beijing · Round of 64 · HardJovanovski won 6-3 6-2
16 Sept 2013 · Guangzhou · Round of 32 · HardJovanovski won 6-2 6-1
10 June 2013 · Birmingham · Round of 16 · GrassCirstea won 6-1 1-6 6-1
12 Sept 2011 · Tashkent · Round of 32 · HardCirstea won 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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9.9
2,337 total · best 21
Games wonper game
10.78,047 total · best 19
45.9Break points converted %45.2
41.7Sets won %50.9
46.6Games won %50.0
0.04 total · best 1Finalsper game0.08 total · best 1
1.0225 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2876 total · best 2
1.3315 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1846 total · best 2
11.42,679 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better10.78,053 total · best 19
0.247 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2173 total · best 2
3.4788 total · best 14Double faultsper game · lower is better2.61,949 total · best 12