# Sorana Cirstea vs Veronika Podrez — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sorana-cirstea-vs-veronika-podrez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:81&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:641999
Tour: WTA

Veronika Podrez holds a 1–0 lead over Sorana Cirstea in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Veronika Podrez leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Veronika Podrez won the 2026 Rouen Open semifinal W/O.

## Overall
- Sorana Cirstea: 0 wins
- Veronika Podrez: 1 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Sorana Cirstea 0 - 1 Veronika Podrez

## By tournament category
- WTA 250: Sorana Cirstea 0 - 1 Veronika Podrez

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 16 | Sorana Cirstea | 2006 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Sorana Cirstea | 2007 | Hard | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 17 | Sorana Cirstea | 2007 | Clay | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 18 | Sorana Cirstea | 2008 | Hard | 11-6 | 17 | 64.7% |
| 18 | Sorana Cirstea | 2008 | Clay | 10-8 | 18 | 55.6% |
| 18 | Sorana Cirstea | 2008 | Grass | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 19 | Sorana Cirstea | 2009 | Hard | 8-14 | 22 | 36.4% |
| 19 | Sorana Cirstea | 2009 | Clay | 10-7 | 17 | 58.8% |
| 19 | Sorana Cirstea | 2009 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 19 | Sorana Cirstea | 2009 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Veronika Podrez | 2026 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Veronika Podrez | 2026 | Clay | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 20 | Sorana Cirstea | 2010 | Hard | 7-12 | 19 | 36.8% |
| 20 | Sorana Cirstea | 2010 | Clay | 5-8 | 13 | 38.5% |
| 20 | Sorana Cirstea | 2010 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 20 | Sorana Cirstea | 2010 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Sorana Cirstea | 2011 | Hard | 7-9 | 16 | 43.8% |
| 21 | Sorana Cirstea | 2011 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Sorana Cirstea | 2011 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Sorana Cirstea | 2012 | Hard | 22-18 | 40 | 55.0% |
| 22 | Sorana Cirstea | 2012 | Clay | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 22 | Sorana Cirstea | 2012 | Grass | 2-4 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 23 | Sorana Cirstea | 2013 | Hard | 24-17 | 41 | 58.5% |
| 23 | Sorana Cirstea | 2013 | Clay | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Sorana Cirstea | 2013 | Grass | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Sorana Cirstea | 2014 | Hard | 10-15 | 25 | 40.0% |
| 24 | Sorana Cirstea | 2014 | Clay | 2-5 | 7 | 28.6% |
| 24 | Sorana Cirstea | 2014 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Sorana Cirstea | 2015 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Sorana Cirstea | 2015 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Career | Sorana Cirstea | - | Hard | 224-206 | 430 | 52.093023255813954% |
| Career | Sorana Cirstea | - | Clay | 117-100 | 217 | 53.91705069124424% |
| Career | Sorana Cirstea | - | Grass | 32-39 | 71 | 45.070422535211264% |
| Career | Sorana Cirstea | - | Carpet | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Career | Veronika Podrez | - | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Career | Veronika Podrez | - | Clay | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |

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## Performance progression by age
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 660/722 of Sorana Cirstea's and 5/6 of Veronika Podrez's main draw matches.

Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 17 | Sorana Cirstea | 2007 | 6/14 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 43.6% | 62.9% | 41.8% | 58.2% | 42.9% | 50.9% | 42.7% |
| 18 | Sorana Cirstea | 2008 | 32/42 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 55.0% | 61.7% | 43.3% | 53.3% | 47.7% | 53.3% | 41.2% |
| 19 | Sorana Cirstea | 2009 | 43/45 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 55.6% | 63.7% | 43.5% | 48.6% | 48.6% | 54.6% | 42.3% |
| 19 | Veronika Podrez | 2026 | 5/6 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 61.1% | 55.9% | 44.5% | 49.0% | 44.6% | 52.1% | 49.8% |
| 20 | Sorana Cirstea | 2010 | 33/36 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 55.3% | 61.2% | 39.5% | 47.5% | 50.4% | 51.2% | 40.9% |
| 21 | Sorana Cirstea | 2011 | 23/29 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 53.9% | 62.8% | 43.7% | 48.1% | 49.7% | 53.9% | 43.3% |
| 22 | Sorana Cirstea | 2012 | 51/57 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 53.5% | 65.2% | 44.8% | 56.7% | 45.4% | 55.5% | 42.3% |
| 23 | Sorana Cirstea | 2013 | 56/59 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 55.2% | 64.9% | 43.5% | 49.6% | 49.8% | 55.3% | 43.8% |
| 24 | Sorana Cirstea | 2014 | 30/33 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 56.8% | 62.7% | 43.5% | 49.7% | 46.8% | 54.3% | 41.6% |
| 25 | Sorana Cirstea | 2015 | 5/5 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 62.9% | 62.0% | 42.3% | 37.5% | 43.9% | 54.7% | 39.8% |
| 26 | Sorana Cirstea | 2016 | 22/22 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 58.2% | 60.1% | 46.4% | 44.0% | 50.6% | 54.7% | 44.9% |
| Career | Sorana Cirstea | - | 660/723 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 58.0% | 63.9% | 45.4% | 51.1% | 48.4% | 56.0% | 43.3% |
| Career | Veronika Podrez | - | 5/6 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 61.1% | 55.9% | 44.5% | 49.0% | 44.6% | 52.1% | 49.8% |

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## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Sorana Cirstea | 2024 | 139.6 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.986 | 49.7% | 10 | -2 | -60 | 50.6% | -0.04 | 131-108 (55%) | 87-72 (55%) | 0.16 |
| Veronika Podrez | 1645 | 115.1 | -1.2 | 3.18 | 1.039 | 50.9% | - | 62 | - | 58.3% | 0.42 | 1-1 | 1-0 | -6.0 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2026-04-18 | Rouen Open | SF | Clay | Veronika Podrez | W/O |

## Career rivalries
### Sorana Cirstea

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Petra Kvitova | 4-7 | 11 | 2023-04-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sorana-cirstea-vs-petra-kvitova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:81&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:99114) |
| Karolina Muchova | 1-7 | 8 | 2025-09-26 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/karolina-muchova-vs-sorana-cirstea?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:19&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:81) |
| Sara Errani | 2-6 | 8 | 2020-08-06 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sorana-cirstea-vs-sara-errani?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:81&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:347) |
| Jelena Jankovic | 4-4 | 8 | 2016-06-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sorana-cirstea-vs-jelena-jankovic?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:81&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:106509) |
| Jelena Ostapenko | 4-3 | 7 | 2026-05-12 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/jelena-ostapenko-vs-sorana-cirstea?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:64&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:81) |

### Veronika Podrez

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Carol Young Suh Lee | 0-1 | 1 | 2026-07-20 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/veronika-podrez-vs-carol-young-suh-lee?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:641999&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:659205) |
| Marta Kostyuk | 0-1 | 1 | 2026-04-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/marta-kostyuk-vs-veronika-podrez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:20&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:641999) |
| Sorana Cirstea | 1-0 | 1 | 2026-04-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sorana-cirstea-vs-veronika-podrez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:81&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:641999) |
| Katie Boulter | 1-0 | 1 | 2026-04-17 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/katie-boulter-vs-veronika-podrez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:259&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:641999) |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 1-0 | 1 | 2026-04-16 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/elisabetta-cocciaretto-vs-veronika-podrez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:112&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:641999) |

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