Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian
	Cristian at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Jaqueline Adina Cristian
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	5 June 1998 (age 23); Bucharest
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 421,284
Singles
Career record	237–158 (60.0%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (15 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 71 (6 December 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020, 2021)
French Open	Q3 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018, 2021)
US Open	Q3 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	113–70 (61.7%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 342 (6 December 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior	1R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2014)
US Open Junior	1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–1
	Last updated on: 10 December 2021.

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

Cristian has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 71, achieved on 15 November 2021. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 168, achieved on 3 February 2020. To date, Cristian has won ten doubles titles and ten singles titles on ITF tournaments.^[1]^[2]

Career[]

2015: WTA Tour debut[]

Cristian made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

2017[]

In March 2017, she received a qualifying wildcard for the Miami Open.

2019[]

Cristian made her maiden WTA tournament final at the Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

2021: Breakthrough and top 100 debut, maiden WTA final[]

She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time as a qualifier at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg 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 the top 100 on 8 November 2021.^[4] At the Linz Open, she reached the final as a lucky loser after 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 No. 100 at the beginning of the tournament.

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (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, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.^[7]

Singles[]

Current through 2021 Linz Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	NH	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	Q1	A	A	NH	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	2	1	9	Career total: 13
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	Career total: 1
Overall Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	14–9	0 / 13	18–13	58%
Year-end ranking	254	284	205	168		$404,886

WTA career 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	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Nov 2021	Linz Open, Austria	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Alison Riske	6–2, 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

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

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

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jul 2019	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Viktória Kužmová Kristýna Plíšková	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (4−3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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		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	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	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Karman Thandi	6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win	9–1	Apr 2019	Nana Trophy, Tunisia	25,000+H	Clay	Daniela Seguel	6–4, 6–0
Loss	9–2	Apr 2019	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Varvara Gracheva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9–3	Jun 2019	ITF Grado, 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	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard	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

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

Legend
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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 Lee	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Akvile Parazinskaite	Jan Abaza	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2015	ITF Arad, Romania	10,000	Clay	Elena-Gabriela Ruse		6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Sep 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Freya Christie		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	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		6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–0, [10–5]
Loss	5–6	Sep 2016	L'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	ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, 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	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Sarah Beth Grey Samantha Murray	6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6
Win	8–8	Nov 2017	ITF Pune, 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

Notes[]

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".
^ "Jaqueline Cristian [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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

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[1] "Jaqueline Cristian". WTA.

[2] "Jaqueline Adina Cristian". ITF.

[3] "Simona Halep inspires fellow Romanian Jaqueline Cristian".

[4] "Rankings Watch: Badosa cracks Top 10, Raducanu enters Top 20".

[5] "Riske, Cristian to meet in Linz final after Collins retires, Halep withdraws".

[6] "Riske battles past lucky loser Cristian in thriller to capture Linz title".

[7] "Jaqueline Cristian [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top Romanian female singles tennis players
as of 22 November 2021
1. Simona Halep (20 ) 2. Sorana Cîrstea (38 ) 3. Irina Begu (60 ) 4. Jaqueline Cristian (71 ) 5. Gabriela Ruse (85 )
6. Ana Bogdan (113 1) 7. Mihaela Buzărnescu (122 1) 8. Irina Bara (133 1) 9. Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik (203 ) 10. Irina Fetecău (209 33)