Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 57 in singles and No. 141 in doubles. Cristian has won 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1][2]
In September, she reached her first semifinal at a WTA tournament at the Astana Open.[5] 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.[6] She reached the top 100 on 8 November 2021.[7]
At the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, she reached the final as a lucky loser following Halep's withdrawal due to injury from the semifinal[8] but lost to Alison Riske in three sets.[9] As a result, she moved 29 positions up in the rankings, having been ranked world No. 100 at the beginning of the tournament.[citation needed]
2022: Major & WTA 1000 debuts & first wins, top 60, hiatus
Cristian made her Grand Slam tournament debut in Melbourne, at the Australian Open[10] where she won her first round match against Greet Minnen,[11] before losing to Madison Keys.[12] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 58 on 31 January 2022.[citation needed]
She made her WTA 1000 debut at the Qatar Open as a lucky loser and defeated 11th seed Elena Rybakina for her first win at this level.[13] Having won the first set, she retired in her second round match against Daria Kasatkina.[14]
She returned after six months of hiatus to make her debut at the US Open where she lost to second seed Anett Kontaveit.[15]
2023–2024: Major and WTA 1000 third rounds, first top 10 win
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.[18]
She reached the third round at the WTA 1000 2024 Madrid Open by defeating Magdalena Fręch[21] and 22nd seed Barbora Krejčíková,[22] and moved up in the top 70 in the rankings. At the next WTA 1000, the Italian Open, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser replacing Barbora Krejčíková directly into the second round and defeated Elina Avanesyan to reach again the third round.[23]
In September 2024, at the WTA 1000 China Open, Cristian reached the third round for the third time at this level with her first career upset over a top 10 player, reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejčíková, in three sets saving four match points.[27][28] She was eliminated from the tournament by another Czech player, Karolína Muchová.[29]
The following month, Cristian defeated Camila Osorio in three sets to make it into the second round at the Wuhan Open,[30] where she lost to fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.[31] She then lost in qualifying for the Ningbo Open but was advanced into the last 16 as a lucky loser, only to be beaten by Karolina Muchová.[32] Cristian then moved on to the Guangzhou Open, where she defeated Viktorija Golubic in three sets in the first round,[33] but lost to Lucia Bronzetti in the round of 16.[34]
2025: First major third round
Cristian started her 2025 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, where she advanced to the second round after her opening opponent, Yuliia Starodubtseva, retired due to injury.[35] She lost in the second round to top seed Madison Keys.[36]
At the Australian Open, Cristian reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, defeating lucky loser Petra Martić[37] and Lucia Bronzetti.[38] She lost her next match to lucky loser Eva Lys in three sets.[39] At the same tournament, she also reached the second round in doubles with partner Camilla Rosatello.[40]
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.
1 2 Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
1 2 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.
↑ 2013: WTA ranking-1053, 2014: WTA ranking-1244, 2015: WTA ranking-827, 2016: WTA ranking-363.
↑ Withdrew during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.
↑ 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.
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