Jaqueline Cristian
Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a professional tennis player from Romania.
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| Full name | Jaqueline Adina Cristian |
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| Country (sports) | |
| Born | 5 June 1998 Bucharest |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 821,075 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 250–176 (58.7%) |
| Career titles | 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 58 (31 January 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 176 (3 April 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2022) |
| French Open | Q3 (2021) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2018, 2021) |
| US Open | 1R (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 118–75 (61.1%) |
| Career titles | 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 168 (3 February 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 531 (6 March 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2022) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 3–1 |
| Last updated on: 24 January 2023. | |
Cristian has career-high WTA rankings of 58 in singles and 168 in doubles. Up to date, she has won 12 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 the first semifinals of 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 reached top 100 on 8 November 2021.[4] At the Linz Open, she reached the final as a lucky loser following Halep’s withdrawal due to injury from the semifinal[5] but lost it to Alison Riske, in three sets.[6] As a result, she moved 29 positions up in the rankings, having been ranked world No. 100 at the beginning of the tournament.
2022: Grand Slam debut in singles and doubles
She made her major debut in Melbourne, at the Australian Open.[7] At the same event, she reached the third round of the doubles draw on her debut, partnering Andrea Petkovic.
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[8]
Singles
Current through the 2023 Linz Open.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| 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 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | NH | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q3 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
| Miami Open | Q1 | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | Career total: 25 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 14–9 | 4–9 | 0–3 | 0 / 25 | 22–25 | 48% |
| Year-end ranking | 254 | 284 | 205 | 168 | 71 | 148 | $715,202 | |||
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | Nov 2021 | Linz Open, Austria | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | Jul 2019 | Bucharest Open, Romania | International[lower-alpha 2] | Clay | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 4–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Win | 5–0 | Jul 2016 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 7–6(5), 6–3 | |
| Win | 6–0 | Aug 2016 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| Win | 7–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 7–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 3–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 8–1 | Nov 2017 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 1–6, 6–0 | |
| Win | 9–1 | Apr 2019 | Nana Trophy, Tunisia | 25,000+H | Clay | 6–4, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 9–2 | Apr 2019 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 9–3 | Jun 2019 | ITF Grado, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 6–7(3), 1–3 ret. | |
| Loss | 9–4 | Jun 2019 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Clay | 6–7(6), 6–4, 1–6 | |
| Win | 10–4 | Feb 2020 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–1, 4–2 ret. | |
| Loss | 10–5 | Jan 2021 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 11–5 | Sep 2022 | ITF Le Neubourg, France | 80,000+H | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 12–5 | Mar 2023 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | 60,000 | Hard (i) | 7–6(7), 7–6(4) |
Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2013 | ITF Bals, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 7–6(4), 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2015 | ITF Arad, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–7(4), [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2015 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | 10,000 | Hard | 7–5, 1–6, [4–10] | ||
| Win | 3–3 | Nov 2015 | ITF Pereira, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 4–3 | Jan 2016 | ITF Fort de France, France | 10,000 | Hard | 7–6(5), 7–6(5) | ||
| Loss | 4–4 | Jan 2016 | ITF Petit-Bourg, France | 10,000 | Hard | 6–7(5), 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 4–5 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 5–5 | Aug 2016 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 6–7(5), 6–0, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | Sep 2016 | L'Open de Saint-Malo, France | 50,000[lower-alpha 3] | Hard (i) | 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] | ||
| Win | 6–6 | Oct 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 6–7 | May 2017 | ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 7–7 | Sep 2017 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 7–8 | Oct 2017 | Open de Touraine, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–7(3), 3–6 | ||
| Win | 8–8 | Nov 2017 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 8–9 | Sep 2018 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | 6–7(3), 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 8–10 | Apr 2019 | Nana Trophy, Tunisia | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 9–10 | Jan 2020 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | 7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8] | ||
| Win | 10–10 | Oct 2020 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–4 |
Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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.
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
- The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
References
- "Jaqueline Cristian". WTA.
- "Jaqueline Adina Cristian". ITF.
- "Simona Halep inspires fellow Romanian Jaqueline Cristian".
- "Rankings Watch: Badosa cracks Top 10, Raducanu enters Top 20".
- "Riske, Cristian to meet in Linz final after Collins retires, Halep withdraws".
- "Riske battles past lucky loser Cristian in thriller to capture Linz title".
- "Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
- "Jaqueline Cristian [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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