Simona Halep and Jaqueline Cristian will fight against each other in the quarter of the Transylvania Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.176
Jaqueline Cristian -> 5.55
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Jaqueline Cristian
There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 18, the Romanian reached the quarter after defeating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-2 and Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-4 6-2). During the match, Halep scored 63 points vs Gracheva’s 45. Halep was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Simona Halep was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Gracheva 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Halep has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (404-151). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has an overall 29-19 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Halep’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Stuttgart.
Halep has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
Simona has never competed in this tournament before.
Jaqueline Cristian
Ranked no. 105 (career-high), Jaqueline got to the quarter after defeating Kaja Juvan 3-6 7-68 7-63 and Ajla Tomljanovic 7-65 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Cristian had a good straight sets win against Tomljanovic (7-65 7-5). During the match Cristian scored 92 points vs Tomljanovic’s 85. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian fired 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Tomljanovic 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jaqueline started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Jaqueline’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Boutheon.
The Romanian has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 60 |
| Pts | 126-83 | 216-204 |
| Total Points | 209 | 420 |
| Winners | 51 | 79 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Halep and Cristian played 2 matches. At the moment, Jaqueline Cristian dropped 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t dropped a set so far. Halep has played 1 set(s) less than Cristian (4 vs 5). Therefore, Halep played 27 games less than Cristian. Halep scored 51 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Jaqueline scored 79 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 62/100 | 119/193 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 51/62 | 79/119 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 42/74 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Halep managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Cristian fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Halep won 82% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 7/22 |
| % Converted | 40% | 32% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Simona broke her opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Halep lost her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Cristian broke her opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Jaqueline conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 30% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||
| R1 Gabriela Ruse |
R2 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 33 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 63-45 | 126-83 | |
| Total points | 101 | 108 | 209 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 32/50 | 62/100 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 26/32 | 51/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 10/18 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/12 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cristian | ||||
| R1 Juvan |
R2 Tomljanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-68 7-63 | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 25 | 60 | |
| pts | 124-119 | 92-85 | 216-204 | |
| Total points | 243 | 177 | 420 | |
| Winners | 47 | 32 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 71/112 | 48/81 | 119/193 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/71 | 32/48 | 79/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/41 | 14/33 | 42/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 42% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 5/12 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 42% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 20% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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