F Istanbul 2021

Sorana Cirstea #67 def. Elise Mertens #17

6-1 7-6(3)

Sorana Cirstea defeated Elise Mertens 6-1 7-6(3) in the 2021 Istanbul final on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSorana CirsteaElise Mertens
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
11
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
06
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
65.7%59.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
54.5%46.3%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
69.6%39.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
40.0%58.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
59.7%43.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
41.7%60.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
56.5%40.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.1%41.9%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+3.0-13.2
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+13.2-3.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2021 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSorana CirsteaElise Mertens
Country ROU BEL
Birth dateApr 7, 1990Nov 17, 1995
Age3125
Height176 cm179 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)6717
Ranking points (entering)1,1793,400
Elo (entering)1,7551,991
Current career W-L375–350320–205
Current career earnings$12,653,841$20,298,565
Pre-match H2H
Sorana Cirstea #67 1 0 Elise Mertens #17

Path

Sorana Cirstea's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Marta Kostyuk #856-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 24, 2021SF
Fiona Ferro #576-4 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataApr 24, 2021QF
Anastasia Potapova #767-6(6) 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 23, 2021R16
Kateryna Baindl #1306-4 7-6(6)WH2HMatch dataApr 22, 2021R32

Sorana Cirstea's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Elise Mertens's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Veronika Kudermetova #296-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 24, 2021SF
Katerina Siniakova #696-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataApr 24, 2021QF
Viktorija Golubic #866-4 4-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataApr 23, 2021R16
Lara Arruabarrena #1816-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataApr 22, 2021R32