H2H data updated: 2026-10-31 00:00 UTC

Sorana Cirstea vs Yingying Duan H2H: 1-0

Sorana Cirstea holds a 1–0 lead over Yingying Duan in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Sorana Cirstea leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Sorana Cirstea won the 2012 Guangzhou Open round of 16 6-1 7-6(0).

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Sorana Cirstea
Romania Age 36 Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Yingying Duan
China Right-Handed 186 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Sorana Cirstea #30 6-1 7-6(0) Yingying Duan #154 Match data Sep 21, 2012* R16 Guangzhou Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Sorana Cirstea #16 #15 2,535 2,024 375 353 51.5% 0 0 0 0 4 4
Yingying Duan — #60 1,002 1,654 36 56 39.1% 0 0 0 0 1 1

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Sorana Cirstea Yingying Duan
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
2006 0–1 0.0% #353 1,484 0 0 2012 1–1 50.0% #132 1,508 0 0
2007 8–6 57.1% #108 1,558 0 0 2013 2–3 40.0% #174 1,511 0 0
2008 25–17 59.5% #36 1,747 0 1 2014 2–5 28.6% #119 1,477 0 0
2009 21–24 46.7% #45 1,691 0 1 2015 6–7 46.2% #118 1,517 0 0
2010 13–23 36.1% #93 1,573 0 1 2016 8–7 53.3% #104 1,537 0 1
2011 13–16 44.8% #60 1,600 0 1 2017 11–17 39.3% #90 1,583 0 1
2012 30–27 52.6% #27 1,684 0 1 2018 5–11 31.2% #145 1,572 0 1
2013 33–26 55.9% #22 1,706 0 1 2019 1–4 20.0% #395 1,541 0 1
2014 12–21 36.4% #94 1,590 0 1 2020 0–1 0.0% #568 1,532 0 1
2015 1–4 20.0% #242 1,537 0 1 — — — — — — —
2016 10–12 45.5% #79 1,610 0 1 — — — — — — —
2017 27–21 56.2% #37 1,716 0 1 — — — — — — —
2018 13–21 38.2% #84 1,612 0 1 — — — — — — —
2019 18–15 54.5% #74 1,632 0 1 — — — — — — —
2020 4–8 33.3% #71 1,656 0 1 — — — — — — —
2021 25–18 58.1% #39 1,745 0 2 — — — — — — —
2022 22–20 52.4% #45 1,693 0 2 — — — — — — —
2023 24–21 53.3% #26 1,825 0 2 — — — — — — —
2024 12–16 42.9% #69 1,753 0 2 — — — — — — —
2025 28–18 60.9% #43 1,868 0 3 — — — — — — —
2026 36–18 66.7% #16 1,917 0 4 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Sorana Cirstea Yingying Duan
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
2006 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
2007 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — 2013 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
2008 11 6 17 64.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2014 2 5 7 28.6% — — — — — — — — — — — —
2009 8 14 22 36.4% 10 7 17 58.8% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2015 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
2010 7 12 19 36.8% 5 8 13 38.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 2016 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
2011 7 9 16 43.8% 5 5 10 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2017 10 11 21 47.6% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
2012 22 18 40 55.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2018 4 9 13 30.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
2013 24 17 41 58.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2019 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
2014 10 15 25 40.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
2015 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2016 1 4 5 20.0% 7 6 13 53.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2017 15 14 29 51.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2018 7 12 19 36.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2019 11 7 18 61.1% 7 7 14 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2020 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2021 11 12 23 47.8% 12 3 15 80.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2022 14 12 26 53.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2023 19 14 33 57.6% 2 4 6 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2024 9 8 17 52.9% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2025 24 14 38 63.2% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2026 21 11 32 65.6% 12 5 17 70.6% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career 228 211 439 51.9% 115 100 215 53.5% 32 40 72 44.4% 0 2 2 0.0% Career 32 46 78 41.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — —

Performance Progression by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 666/729 of Sorana Cirstea's and 85/92 of Yingying Duan's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Sorana Cirstea Yingying Duan
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
2007 6/14 1.3 4.8 43.6% 62.9% 41.8% 58.2% 42.9% 50.9% 42.7% 2012 2/2 1.5 3.5 64.1% 67.9% 49.1% 85.0% 45.8% 61.7% 42.0%
2008 32/42 2.8 2.6 55.0% 61.7% 43.3% 53.3% 47.7% 53.3% 41.2% 2013 5/5 3.6 3.0 65.5% 58.9% 40.6% 29.4% 56.0% 52.3% 42.5%
2009 43/45 2.9 2.6 55.6% 63.7% 43.5% 48.6% 48.6% 54.6% 42.3% 2014 5/7 1.4 3.6 61.4% 60.9% 46.0% 57.6% 51.7% 54.9% 39.8%
2010 33/36 2.5 2.8 55.3% 61.2% 39.5% 47.5% 50.4% 51.2% 40.9% 2015 9/13 3.1 3.7 61.2% 71.3% 44.9% 55.4% 39.5% 60.8% 39.4%
2011 23/29 1.6 2.9 53.9% 62.8% 43.7% 48.1% 49.7% 53.9% 43.3% 2016 14/15 3.6 3.9 65.4% 66.2% 44.5% 56.6% 43.4% 58.7% 42.0%
2012 51/57 3.5 3.5 53.5% 65.2% 44.8% 56.7% 45.4% 55.5% 42.3% 2017 28/28 2.6 3.1 67.2% 61.1% 42.7% 52.1% 48.3% 55.1% 39.7%
2013 56/59 2.4 3.6 55.2% 64.9% 43.5% 49.6% 49.8% 55.3% 43.8% 2018 16/16 3.9 3.6 67.8% 63.8% 37.4% 61.2% 47.4% 55.7% 41.0%
2014 30/33 2.3 4.3 56.8% 62.7% 43.5% 49.7% 46.8% 54.3% 41.6% 2019 5/5 1.2 2.6 63.1% 64.4% 40.2% 43.6% 33.0% 55.4% 35.6%
2015 5/5 1.2 4.0 62.9% 62.0% 42.3% 37.5% 43.9% 54.7% 39.8% 2020 1/1 5.0 2.0 70.4% 60.5% 43.8% 62.5% 50.0% 55.6% 24.5%
2016 22/22 1.7 2.5 58.2% 60.1% 46.4% 44.0% 50.6% 54.7% 44.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2017 47/48 2.4 2.7 57.6% 64.8% 45.8% 51.2% 45.7% 56.8% 44.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2018 33/34 2.6 3.2 57.5% 60.5% 41.9% 51.3% 47.2% 52.7% 43.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2019 33/33 2.2 2.5 60.7% 63.1% 46.9% 51.9% 46.8% 56.7% 45.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2020 12/12 2.6 2.8 63.6% 59.1% 46.9% 55.1% 50.5% 54.6% 39.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2021 42/43 2.0 2.3 62.3% 64.1% 48.7% 49.7% 48.6% 58.2% 44.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2022 42/42 2.3 2.8 61.1% 63.2% 48.2% 51.4% 53.5% 57.1% 44.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2023 45/45 2.7 2.5 61.6% 65.3% 46.7% 54.1% 48.3% 58.2% 42.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2024 28/28 3.5 2.0 61.9% 62.1% 44.7% 52.4% 38.4% 55.6% 42.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2025 35/46 3.9 2.3 58.1% 68.3% 50.1% 50.6% 51.6% 60.7% 45.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
2026 48/56 4.1 2.3 60.2% 68.3% 49.4% 53.8% 48.7% 60.5% 45.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career 666/730 2.7 2.8 57.9% 63.9% 45.4% 51.2% 48.1% 56.0% 43.4% Career 85/92 3.0 3.4 65.7% 63.7% 42.3% 54.2% 46.3% 56.4% 40.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Sorana Cirstea Yingying Duan
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
2006 1485 96.4 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — +0.08 2012 1508 106.9 -0.29 -0.87 1.098 51.7% — — — 50.0% +0.75 — 0–1 — +0.01
2007 1559 110.2 -2.17 -1.15 0.870 47.0% -24 +36 — 48.6% -0.51 6–1 (86%) 3–1 (75%) 108.4 +0.19 2013 1511 104.6 -0.82 -0.25 0.890 47.5% +21 — — 36.4% -1.45 1–0 2–0 — +0.08
2008 1747 118.8 -1.30 -2.34 0.883 47.5% -44 -123 -113 52.1% -0.26 11–3 (79%) 6–3 (67%) 111.4 -0.23 2014 1477 101.3 -1.58 -1.40 0.882 47.6% +15 — — 33.3% -0.60 0–1 0–2 — +0.69
2009 1692 126.3 -0.45 -1.30 0.932 48.6% -59 +12 -22 45.5% -0.49 9–6 (60%) 4–5 (44%) 103.2 -0.35 2015 1517 106.8 +0.96 -1.58 1.004 49.9% -2 — — 46.7% -0.33 2–4 (33%) 2–1 (67%) 98.5 +0.60
2010 1574 113.6 -3.49 -2.02 0.837 46.2% +11 +39 +75 36.3% -1.09 6–3 (67%) 4–5 (44%) 104.2 -0.30 2016 1538 108.9 +0.86 -0.78 1.017 50.6% -26 — — 48.6% -0.06 4–1 (80%) 1–1 — +1.24
2011 1601 118.3 -2.47 -0.83 0.941 48.7% +1 +22 +5 47.8% -0.27 3–6 (33%) 2–2 (50%) 97.3 +0.04 2017 1583 117.0 -0.51 -2.33 0.883 47.6% +30 -93 -6 39.3% -0.93 3–4 (43%) 5–4 (56%) 100.8 +0.64
2012 1684 132.5 +0.53 -0.83 0.951 49.1% -3 +7 -81 51.1% -0.17 11–12 (48%) 8–7 (53%) 99.8 -1.71 2018 1573 127.1 -0.70 -1.07 0.927 48.5% +3 — — 39.5% -0.55 1–5 (17%) 0–3 (0%) — -0.27
2013 1706 135.7 -0.27 +0.48 0.981 49.7% +29 -15 -113 51.2% +0.02 13–4 (76%) 6–5 (55%) 110.2 +2.12 2019 1542 109.9 -0.01 -4.94 0.799 45.8% +17 — — 25.0% -1.67 1–1 1–3 (25%) — -0.18
2014 1590 119.4 -1.32 -1.34 0.911 48.0% +28 +55 — 41.0% -0.56 4–8 (33%) 1–7 (13%) 91.5 +1.31 2020 1533 102.9 +0.45 -3.00 0.551 40.8% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — -0.05
2015 1538 96.7 -2.54 -1.68 0.878 46.9% — +61 — 27.3% -1.36 0–1 — — +0.39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2016 1611 126.0 -0.59 +0.85 0.991 49.9% -41 +60 +65 48.9% -0.08 0–3 (0%) 2–0 — -0.52 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2017 1716 132.6 +0.64 +0.86 1.029 50.7% -70 +16 -7 55.1% +0.24 6–4 (60%) 9–1 (90%) 109.2 -0.62 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2018 1613 124.0 -2.37 -0.01 0.917 48.2% -11 +75 +59 41.8% -0.68 6–7 (46%) 3–2 (60%) 98.8 -0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2019 1632 121.5 -0.44 +0.89 1.040 50.8% +9 +7 — 52.4% +0.37 10–8 (56%) 2–5 (29%) 98.9 +1.88 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2020 1656 127.1 -1.60 -0.28 0.877 47.8% +23 — — 39.3% -0.96 1–5 (17%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2021 1746 137.7 +1.71 +1.43 1.060 51.2% -46 +56 -94 54.3% +0.23 6–4 (60%) 6–3 (67%) 107.5 -0.15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2022 1693 141.4 +0.14 +1.66 1.032 50.7% +59 +10 -5 53.1% +0.35 7–7 (50%) 2–5 (29%) 100.0 +0.93 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2023 1826 151.2 +1.66 +1.58 1.025 50.8% +38 -101 -103 51.4% +0.12 9–8 (53%) 8–6 (57%) 103.7 -2.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2024 1753 140.2 -0.21 +0.26 0.955 49.0% +129 -55 -110 44.6% -0.46 4–5 (44%) 3–5 (38%) 97.1 -0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2025 1869 152.0 +2.88 +1.63 1.157 52.9% +59 -151 — 56.9% +0.56 11–8 (58%) 5–5 (50%) 103.1 -1.22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2026 1918 160.4 +3.51 +2.99 1.161 52.9% +16 +3 -273 66.1% +1.25 7–8 (47%) 11–7 (61%) 101.0 -0.77 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career 2024 140.1 +0.05 +0.31 0.986 49.8% +10 +1 -61 50.4% -0.04 130–111 (54%) 87–75 (54%) 109.0 -0.18 Career 1655 118.7 -0.20 -1.71 0.920 48.4% +8 -93 -6 40.4% -0.66 12–16 (43%) 11–15 (42%) 97.2 +3.00

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.