Jaqueline Cristian
Cristian at the 2023 US Open
Full nameJaqueline Adina Cristian
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 25)
Bucharest
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,204,418
Singles
Career record298–204 (59.4%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 58 (31 January 2022)
Current rankingNo. 82 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French OpenQ3 (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record125–87 (59.0%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 168 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 216 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–2
Last updated on: 5 March 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 tournaments of 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 WTA tournament final at the 2019 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, 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

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

She entered the 2023 Australian Open, and the tournaments in Hobart, Linz, at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open and the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where she recorded her first wins on her debut, using protected ranking.

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

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.[10]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q1 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A Q2 Q3 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q1 A NH Q1 A 2R 0 / 1 1–1  – 
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 / 4 2–4 25%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A QR[b] QR QR 0 / 0 3–1 75%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A Q1 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open Q1 A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A NH Q1 A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
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 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Career statistics
Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 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[d] 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[a] A A A A A QR[b] QR QR 0 / 0 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A 2R[e] A 0 / 1 1–0 100%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 1 2 1 0[f] 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[g] 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) United States 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[h] Clay Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
Czech Republic 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 South Africa Madrie Le Roux 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jun 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Switzerland Chiara Grimm 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–0 Jun 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard China Qiangqian Zhao 6–1, 6–2
Win 4–0 Jun 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Croatia Ana Savić 7–5, 6–4
Win 5–0 Jul 2016 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Gabriela Talabă 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 6–0 Aug 2016 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Moldova Anastasia Vdovenco 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–0 Sep 2017 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 7–1 Oct 2017 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 3–6, 1–6
Win 8–1 Nov 2017 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard India Karman Thandi 6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win 9–1 Apr 2019 ITF Tunis, Tunisia 25,000+H Clay Chile Daniela Seguel 6–4, 6–0
Loss 9–2 Apr 2019 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Russia Varvara Gracheva 4–6, 2–6
Loss 9–3 Jun 2019 ITF Grado, Italy 25,000 Clay Slovakia Rebecca Šramková 6–7(3), 1–3 ret.
Loss 9–4 Jun 2019 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Clay United Kingdom Francesca Jones 6–7(6), 6–4, 1–6
Win 10–4 Feb 2020 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Sofya Lansere 6–1, 4–2 ret.
Loss 10–5 Jan 2021 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) France Harmony Tan 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win 11–5 Sep 2022 ITF Le Neubourg, France 80,000+H Hard Belgium Magali Kempen 6–4, 6-4
Win 12–5 Mar 2023 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i) France 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 ITF Zagreb, Croatia 60,000 Hard Germany Ella Seidel 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(0)
Loss 14–6 Nov 2023 ITF Valencia, Spain 100,000 Clay Bulgaria 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 Romania Raluca Elena Platon Romania Oana Georgeta Simion
Romania Gabriela Lee 		7–6(4), 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Lithuania Akvile Parazinskaite Russia Anastasia Shaulskaya
United States Jan Abaza 		4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2015 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Romania Andreea Ghițescu
Slovakia Katarína Strešnáková 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Sep 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Freya Christie China Lu Jiaxi
Sweden Brenda Njuki 		6–4, 6–7(4), [10–5]
Loss 2–3 Nov 2015 ITF Caracas, Venezuela 10,000 Hard Venezuela Aymet Uzcategui Argentina Catalina Pella
Brazil Laura Pigossi 		7–5, 1–6, [4–10]
Win 3–3 Nov 2015 ITF Pereira, Colombia 10,000 Clay Brazil Laura Pigossi Colombia María Herazo González
United States Daniella Roldan 		7–5, 6–3
Win 4–3 Jan 2016 ITF Fort de France, France 10,000 Hard Italy Gaia Sanesi United States Emina Bektas
United States Zoë Gwen Scandalis 		7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Loss 4–4 Jan 2016 ITF Petit-Bourg, France 10,000 Hard Italy Gaia Sanesi Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
Netherlands Kelly Versteeg 		6–7(5), 1–6
Loss 4–5 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Egypt Ola Abou Zekry United Kingdom Samantha Murray
Greece Despina Papamichail 		3–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Aug 2016 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Argentina Julieta Lara Estable
Argentina Daniela Farfan 		6–7(5), 6–0, [10–5]
Loss 5–6 Sep 2016 ITF Saint-Malo, France 50,000 Hard (i) Romania Alexandra Cadanțu North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča 		6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 6–6 Oct 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Ukraine Alona Fomina
Russia Anna Morgina 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–7 May 2017 ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain 25,000 Clay Mexico Renata Zarazúa Russia Olesya Pervushina
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova 		5–7, 2–6
Win 7–7 Sep 2017 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Russia Anastasiya Komardina Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 		6–3, 6–0
Loss 7–8 Oct 2017 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 25,000 Hard (i) Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Samantha Murray 		6–7(3), 3–6
Win 8–8 Nov 2017 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
Russia Yana Sizikova 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 8–9 Sep 2018 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Romania Cristina Dinu
Venezuela Aymet Uzcátegui 		6–7(3), 2–6
Loss 8–10 Apr 2019 ITF Tunis, Tunisia 25,000 Clay Romania Andreea Roșca Italy Martina Colmegna
Italy Anastasia Grymalska 		4–6, 2–6
Win 9–10 Jan 2020 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse Cyprus Raluca Șerban
Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 		7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win 10–10 Oct 2020 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse United Kingdom Maia Lumsden
Turkey Melis Sezer 		6–3, 6–4

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ a b Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b 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

  1. ^ "Jaqueline Cristian". WTA.
  2. ^ "Jaqueline Adina Cristian". ITF.
  3. ^ "Simona Halep inspires fellow Romanian Jaqueline Cristian".
  4. ^ "Jacqueline Cristian reprises Dracula cosplay after Cluj Napoca victory in Romania". Tennis.com. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  5. ^ "Rankings Watch: Badosa cracks Top 10, Raducanu enters Top 20".
  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. ^ "Jaqueline Cristian [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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