Jelena Ostapenko and Jaqueline Cristian will square off in the 2^nd round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on SIBUR ARENA. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.41
Jaqueline Cristian -> 3

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There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jelena Ostapenko

Ranked no. 53, Ostapenko got to the 2^nd round after beating Paula Badosa Gibert 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Ostapenko had a good straight sets win against Badosa (6-2 6-2). During the match Ostapenko scored 58 points vs Badosa’s 35. Ostapenko was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ostapenko made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jelena broke Badosa 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Ostapenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (277-173). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ostapenko has a 62-36 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Jelena has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in St. Petersburg

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.

St. Petersburg

Ostapenko's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Ranked no. 160, Cristian reached the 2^nd round after beating Natalija Kostic 6-1 6-3, Alina Charaeva 4-6 6-1 6-2 and Vera Lapko 6-7³ 6-4 2-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Lapko, Cristian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-4 2-1 ret.).-79) than Lapko. In fact, the world no. 53 won 79 points vs Lapko’s. That means that Cristian was more focused during the important points. Cristian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Cristian blasted 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of her 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaqueline broke Lapko once after converting 13% of her break points (1/8).

Cristian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Boutheon.

The Romanian has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in St. Petersburg

Cristian has never competed in this tournament before.

St. Petersburg

Cristian's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Ostapenko played 1 match while Cristian competed in 2 matches. Cristian started her run from the qualifications while Ostapenko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jaqueline Cristian dropped 1 set while Jelena Ostapenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ostapenko has played 3 set(s) less than Cristian (2 vs 5). Therefore, Ostapenko played 25 games less than Cristian. Jelena scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 55 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Ostapenko managed to score 4 aces . Cristian managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Ostapenko won 89% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Jelena broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Latvian very solid her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Cristian broke her opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 1Slam
• 8Main
• 1ITF
• 6Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 8ITF
• 6Minor

Jelena
Ostapenko

0:1

Jaqueline
Cristian

Rank

10

High

5

0I.hard1

Rank

74

High

58

Win Loss

Ostapenko

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Cristian

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2024 2023 2022

19 - 8

10 - 12

13-6

Hard

1-7

4-0

I Hard

5-3

2-2

Clay

4-2

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

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• Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Fiona FerroFerro – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Ostapenko

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Cristian