Jaqueline Cristian and Katie Boulter will play each other in the 2nd round of the The HSBC Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.84
Jaqueline Cristian -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Jaqueline Cristian vs. Katie Boulter
This will be the 4th time that Jaqueline Cristian and Katie Boulter fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Boulter (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Boulter won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rouen back in April 2026.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs Jaqueline Cristian – Rouen 15-April-2026
Jaqueline Cristian
17 - 15win/loss
55
28
LLWLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-16 | 10-7 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-25 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-32 | 5-15 | 17-11 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 4-7 | 28-11 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 13-16 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38, Cristian reached the 2nd round after defeating Qinwen Zheng 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Jaqueline had a good straight sets win against Zheng (6-4 7-64). During the match, Cristian scored 66 points vs Zheng’s 55. Jaqueline was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cristian bagged 4 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Jaqueline Cristian was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (37/44) of her 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaqueline broke Zheng once after converting 50% of her break points (1/2).
Cristian has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (308-230). 1-0 on grass in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cristian has a compiled 3-12 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Jaqueline’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Strasbourg.
Cristian has a compiled 17-14 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Katie Boulter
19 - 11win/loss
53
23
LWLWLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 5-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 22-22 | 9-14 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-23 | 24-12 | 3-6 | 3-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, Katie reached the 2nd round after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez 3-6 7-6(4) 7-5.
In the 1st round against Annie Fernandez, Boulter recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 7-5). During the match Boulter scored 101 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 100. Katie was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Boulter blasted 3 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 57% of her first serves in, winning 83% (48/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Boulter broke Annie Fernandez 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Ostrava where she beat Tamara Korpatsch in the final 5-7 6-2 6-1.
The Brit has a composed 17-11 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cristian | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 34 |
| Pts | 66-55 | 101-100 |
| Total Points | 121 | 201 |
| Winners | 37 | 48 |
| %Winners | 56% | 48% |
Both Cristian and Boulter played 1 match. At the moment, Katie Boulter dropped 1 set while Jaqueline Cristian hasn’t lost a set so far. Cristian has played 1 set(s) less than Boulter (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cristian played 11 games less than Boulter. Jaqueline scored 37 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Katie blasted 48 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cristian | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 44/63 | 58/101 |
| %1st in | 70% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 37/44 | 48/58 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 20/43 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 47% |
Cristian bagged 4 aces . Boulter struck 3 aces . Cristian won 84% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 83% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cristian | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Romanian broke her opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Jaqueline pretty solid on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Katie broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Katie conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cristian | |||
| R1 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 66-55 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/63 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 37/44 | 37/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Boulter | |||
| R1 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 101-100 | 101-100 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 58/101 | 58/101 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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