Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

Cristian at the 2024 Transylvania Open
Full name	Jaqueline Adina Cristian
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26) Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Javier Martí
Prize money	$1,510,054
Singles
Career record	315–219
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 57 (29 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 69 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	1R (2022, 2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	128–89
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 332 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	3R ( 2024 )
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–3
Last updated on: 30 July 2024.

Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a professional tennis player from Romania.

Cristian has career-high WTA rankings of No. 58 in singles and No. 168 in doubles. She has won 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

2015–2020: WTA Tour debut

Cristian made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse. In March 2017, she received a qualifying wildcard for the Miami Open.

Cristian reached her maiden Tour final at the 2019 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, again partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

2021: Breakthrough & top 100

She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time as a qualifier at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy where she lost to fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. In September, she reached her first semifinal at a WTA tournament at the Astana Open. ^[3] She reached the quarterfinals of the first edition of the Transylvania Open as a wildcard where she lost to top seed Simona Halep. She began a tradition of wearing a Dracula-like cape on court before or after her matches there. ^[4] She reached the top 100 on 8 November 2021. ^[5]

At the Linz Open, she reached the final as a lucky loser following Halep's withdrawal due to injury from the semifinal ^[6] but lost to Alison Riske in three sets. ^[7] As a result, she moved 29 positions up in the rankings, having been ranked world No. 100 at the beginning of the tournament.

2022: Major & WTA 1000 debuts & first wins, top 60, hiatus

She made her Grand Slam debut in Melbourne, at the Australian Open where she recorded her first major win against Greet Minnen. ^[8] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 58 on 31 January 2022. At the same event, she reached the third round of the doubles draw on her debut, partnering Andrea Petkovic. She made her WTA 1000 debut at the Qatar Ladies Open as a lucky loser and defeated 11th seed Elena Rybakina for her first win at this level.

She returned after six months of hiatus to make her debut at the US Open where she lost to second seed Anett Kontaveit.

2023–2024: Two WTA 1000 third rounds

She entered the 2023 Australian Open, and the tournaments in Hobart, Linz, and Madrid, and lastly at Wimbledon where she recorded her first win at this major on her debut, using protected ranking.

In the end of January 2024, she entered the WTA 500 Linz Open as a lucky loser and defeated Nadia Podoroska. At home in Cluj-Napoca, she reached the semifinals for the first time in her career at the tournament. It was her first tour semifinal since July 2023 in Prague. ^[9]

At the Charleston Open, she defeated three Americans, Sachia Vickery, eighth seed Madison Keys and tenth seed Emma Navarro to reach the quarterfinals. ^[10] As a result, she moved back to the top 75 in the rankings.

She reached the third round at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open, defeating Magdalena Fręch ^[11] and 22nd seed Barbora Krejčíková, ^[12] and moved up in the top 70 in the rankings. At the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Italian Open, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser replacing 25th Barbora Krejčíková directly into the second round and defeated Elina Avanesyan to reach again round three. ^[13]

At the Palermo Ladies Open, Cristian defeated Lucia Bronzetti ^[14] to make it through to the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed and eventual champion Zheng Qinwen. ^[15] The following week she also reached the quarterfinals at the Iași Open but went out to Elina Avanesyan. ^[16]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. ^[17]

Cristian at the 2024 Transylvania Open

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	2R	1R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	NH	Q1	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	1R	Q1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	0 / 7	2–7	22%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup [lower-alpha 1]	A	A	A	QR [lower-alpha 2]		QR	QR		0 / 0	3–1	75%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open [lower-alpha 3]	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	Q1	A	A	NH	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	Q1	A	2R	3R	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH					A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	NH			A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0 / 2	5–5	50%
Career statistics
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	0	2	1	9	9	8		Career total: 30
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		Career total: 1
Hard win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	12–6	5–9	4–5		0 / 22	23–22	51%
Clay win–loss	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–2		0 / 6	6–7	46%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Overall win–loss	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	14–9	5–9	7–9		0 / 30	30–31	49%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 4]	254	284	205	167	71	148	98		$1,072,639

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0 / 3	3–3	50%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup [lower-alpha 1]	A	A	A	A	A	QR [lower-alpha 2]		QR	QR	0 / 0	1–1	50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open [lower-alpha 3]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R [lower-alpha 5]	A	0 / 1	1–0	100%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	1	2	1	0 [lower-alpha 6]	4	5	4	Career total: 18
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–4	4–4	1–4	0 / 18	13–18	42%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 7]	710	342	309	190	206	176	339	191	240

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2021	Ladies Linz, Austria	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Alison Riske	6–2, 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	Bucharest Open, Romania	International [lower-alpha 8]	Clay	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Viktória Kužmová Kristýna Plíšková	4–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (14 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–1) $80,000 tournaments (1–0) $60,000 tournaments (2–1) $25,000 tournaments (5–4) $10,000 tournaments (6–0)

Finals by surface Hard (9–2) Clay (5−4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jun 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Chiara Grimm	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–0	Jun 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Zhao Qiangqian	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–0	Jun 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Savić	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–0	Jul 2016	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Talabă	7–6(5), 6–3
Win	6–0	Aug 2016	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	10,000	Clay	Anastasia Vdovenco	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–0	Sep 2017	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Cristina Dinu	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	7–1	Oct 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Vitalia Diatchenko	3–6, 1–6
Win	8–1	Nov 2017	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Karman Thandi	6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win	9–1	Apr 2019	Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia	25,000+H	Clay	Daniela Seguel	6–4, 6–0
Loss	9–2	Apr 2019	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Varvara Gracheva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9–3	Jun 2019	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Rebecca Šramková	6–7(3), 1–3 ret.
Loss	9–4	Jun 2019	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Clay	Francesca Jones	6–7(6), 6–4, 1–6
Win	10–4	Feb 2020	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Sofya Lansere	6–1, 4–2 ret.
Loss	10–5	Jan 2021	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Harmony Tan	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win	11–5	Sep 2022	ITF Le Neubourg, France	80,000+H	Hard	Magali Kempen	6–4, 6-4
Win	12–5	Mar 2023	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Océane Dodin	7–6(7), 7–6(4)
Win	13–5	Mar 2023	ITF Palmanova, Spain	25,000	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	6–4, 6–0
Win	14–5	May 2023	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	60,000	Hard	Ella Seidel	6–1, 3–6, 7–6(0)
Loss	14–6	Nov 2023	Open de Valencia, Spain	100,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend $50/60,000 tournaments (1–1) $25,000 tournaments (3–4) $10,000 tournaments (6–5)

Finals by surface Hard (5–7) Clay (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2013	ITF Bals, Romania	10,000	Clay	Raluca Elena Platon	Oana Georgeta Simion Gabriela Talabă	7–6(4), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Akvile Parazinskaite	Anastasia Shaulskaya Jan Abaza	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2015	ITF Arad, Romania	10,000	Clay	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Andreea Ghițescu Katarína Strešnáková	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Sep 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Freya Christie	Lu Jiaxi Brenda Njuki	6–4, 6–7(4), [10–5]
Loss	2–3	Nov 2015	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	10,000	Hard	Aymet Uzcategui	Catalina Pella Laura Pigossi	7–5, 1–6, [4–10]
Win	3–3	Nov 2015	ITF Pereira, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	María Herazo González Daniella Roldan	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–3	Jan 2016	ITF Fort de France, France	10,000	Hard	Gaia Sanesi	Emina Bektas Zoë Gwen Scandalis	7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Loss	4–4	Jan 2016	ITF Petit-Bourg, France	10,000	Hard	Gaia Sanesi	Rosalie van der Hoek Kelly Versteeg	6–7(5), 1–6
Loss	4–5	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Samantha Murray Despina Papamichail	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Aug 2016	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	10,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	Julieta Lara Estable Daniela Farfan	6–7(5), 6–0, [10–5]
Loss	5–6	Sep 2016	Open de Saint-Malo, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alexandra Cadanțu	Lina Gjorcheska Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	6–6	Oct 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	Alona Fomina Anna Morgina	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6–7	May 2017	Solgironès Open, Spain	25,000	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Olesya Pervushina Valeriya Strakhova	5–7, 2–6
Win	7–7	Sep 2017	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6–3, 6–0
Loss	7–8	Oct 2017	Open de Touraine, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Sarah Beth Grey Samantha Murray	6–7(3), 3–6
Win	8–8	Nov 2017	Pune Tennis Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Lee Pei-chi Yana Sizikova	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	8–9	Sep 2018	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Cristina Dinu Aymet Uzcátegui	6–7(3), 2–6
Loss	8–10	Apr 2019	Nana Trophy, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	Martina Colmegna Anastasia Grymalska	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–10	Jan 2020	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Raluca Șerban Ekaterine Gorgodze	7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win	10–10	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Maia Lumsden Melis Sezer	6–3, 6–4

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

• She has a 0–4 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Result	W–L	Opponent	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rank	H2H
2020
Loss	0–1	Sofia Kenin	No. 5	Lyon Open, France	Hard	2R	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6	No. 174
2022
Loss	0–2	Barbora Krejčíková	No. 4	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	2R	1–6, 5–7	No. 73
Loss	0–3	Anett Kontaveit	No. 2	US Open, United States	Hard	1R	3–6, 0–6	No. 77
2023
Loss	0–4	Jessica Pegula	No. 3	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	1R	0–6, 1–6	No. 161

Notes

1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
2. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
3. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
4. 2013: WTA ranking-1053, 2014: WTA ranking-1244, 2015: WTA ranking-827, 2016: WTA ranking-363.
5. Withdrew during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.
6. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
7. 2013: WTA ranking-913, 2014: WTA ranking-1028.
8. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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2. "Jaqueline Adina Cristian". ITF .
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6. "Riske, Cristian to meet in Linz final after Collins retires, Halep withdraws".
7. "Riske battles past lucky loser Cristian in thriller to capture Linz title".
8. "Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
9. "Jaqueline Cristian qualifies in the Transylvania Open semifinal for the first time in her career".
10. "INTERVIEW: Jaqueline Cristian has ousted three straight Americans en route to Charleston quarterfinals". 4 April 2024.
11. "Madrid Open: Cristian too strong for Frech, advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
12. "Cristian rallies past Krejcikova in Madrid second round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
13. "Italian Open: Cristian through to third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
14. "Palermo Open: Cristian reaches quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
15. "Palermo Open: Top seed Zheng sets up semis clash against Parry". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
16. "Iasi Open: Avanesyan reaches semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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External links

• Jaqueline Cristian at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jaqueline Cristian at the International Tennis Federation
• Jaqueline Cristian at the Billie Jean King Cup