Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has career-high rankings of world No. 57 in singles and No. 168 in doubles.

Jaqueline Cristian
Cristian at the 2024 Transylvania Open
Full nameJaqueline Adina Cristian
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJavier Martí
Prize money$1,754,268
Singles
Career record325–232
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 57 (29 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 73 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open1R (2022, 2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record130–92
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 168 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 219 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2022)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open3R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–4
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Cristian has won 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1][2]

Career

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2015–2020: WTA Tour debut

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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 Tour final at the 2019 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, again partnering Ruse.

2021: Breakthrough & top 100

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She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time as a qualifier at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy[3] where she lost to fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.[4]

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

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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: Three WTA 1000 third rounds, first top 10 win

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Cristian made her Wimbledon debut at the 2023 Championships, defeating Lucia Bronzetti in the first round,[16] before losing to 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.[17]

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]

At the Charleston Open, she defeated three Americans - Sachia Vickery, eighth seed Madison Keys, and tenth seed Emma Navarro - to reach the quarterfinals.[19]

She reached the third round at the WTA 1000 2024 Madrid Open by defeating Magdalena Fręch[20] and 22nd seed Barbora Krejčíková,[21] 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.[22]

At the Palermo Ladies Open, Cristian defeated Lucia Bronzetti[23] to make it through to the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed and eventual champion, Zheng Qinwen.[24] The following week she also reached the quarterfinals at the Iași Open but went out to Elina Avanesyan.[25]

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.[26][27] She was eliminated from the tournament by another Czech player, Karolína Muchová.[28]

The following month, Cristian defeated Camila Osorio in three sets to make it into the second round at the Wuhan Open,[29] where she lost to fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.[30] 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.[31] Cristian then moved on to the Guangzhou Open, where she defeated Viktorija Golubic in three sets in the first round[32] to set up a meeting with Lucia Bronzetti in the round-of-16 which she lost.[33]

Performance timelines

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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.[34]

 
Cristian at the 2024 Transylvania Open

Singles

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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 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 0 / 8 2–8 20%
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 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 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A NH A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–4 0 / 6 7–6 54%
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[d] 254 284 205 167 71 148 98 $1,072,639

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 3R 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A A A NH A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A A A A A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 0 / 6 5–6 45%
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  – 
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

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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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)

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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   Elena-Gabriela Ruse   Viktória Kužmová
  Kristýna Plíšková
4–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 20 (14 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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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)

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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

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Record against top 10 players

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  • She has a 1–6 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Rank
2024
1.   Barbora Krejčíková No. 10 China Open Hard 2R 1–6, 6–4, 7–5 No. 80

Notes

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  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.

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