Simona Halep and Jaqueline Cristian will face off in the semifinal of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.18
Jaqueline Cristian -> 5.45
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Jaqueline Cristian
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Jaqueline Cristian face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Napoca back in October 2021.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Jaqueline Cristian – Napoca 29-October-2021
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 22, Halep reached the semifinal after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5 6-3 and Jasmine Paolini 4-6 7-5 6-0.
In the quarter against Paolini, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-0). During the match, Halep scored 100 points vs Paolini’s 87. Simona was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep recorded 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 69% of her first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Paolini 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Halep has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (408-152). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halep has a composed 33-20 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Halep’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Napoca.
Halep has an aggregate 24-10 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012. See her history.
Jaqueline Cristian
Ranked no. 100 (career-high), Cristian got to the semifinal after beating Irina Khromacheva 6-3 6-2, Kamilla Rakhimova 2-6 6-2 7-5, Rebecca Peterson 5-2 ret. and Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Jaqueline had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-3 7-65). During the match Cristian scored 84 points vs Kudermetova’s 78. Cristian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve twice and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 68% of her first serves in, winning 73% (44/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Kudermetova 3 times after converting 25% of her break points (3/12).
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 54% of the points she played.
Cristian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Boutheon.
Jaqueline has an overall 37-25 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 74 |
| Pts | 172-149 | 257-214 |
| Total Points | 321 | 471 |
| Winners | 71 | 124 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Halep played 2 matches while Cristian competed in 4 matches. Cristian started her run from the qualifications while Halep had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep surrendered 1 set, while Jaqueline Cristian lost 1 set. Halep has played 4 set(s) less than Cristian (5 vs 9). Therefore, Halep played 25 games less than Cristian. The Romanian scored 71 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Jaqueline managed to score 124 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 102/155 | 162/249 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 71/102 | 124/162 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 23/53 | 40/87 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 46% |
Halep blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Cristian made 14 aces (3.5 per match). Halep won 70% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 12/32 |
| % Converted | 55% | 38% |
| Conceded | 11 | 28 |
| Saved | 5 | 22 |
| % Saved | 45% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
The Romanian broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cristian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||
| R2 Sasnovich |
1/4 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 49 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 100-87 | 172-149 | |
| Total points | 134 | 187 | 321 | |
| Winners | 30 | 41 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 59/85 | 102/155 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 41/59 | 71/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 10/26 | 23/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 7/16 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 44% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Cristian | |||||||
| Q1 Khromacheva |
Q3 Tsurenko |
R1 Rakhimova |
R2 Peterson |
1/4 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 6-4 6-1 | 2-6 6-2 7-5 | 5-2 ret. | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 22 | 103 | |
| pts | 65-44 | – | 87-78 | 21-14 | 84-78 | 257-214 | |
| Total points | 109 | 0 | 165 | 35 | 162 | 471 | |
| Winners | 29 | 39 | 12 | 44 | 124 | ||
| %Winners | 45% | NAN% | 45% | 57% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1st in | 31/55 | / | 57/85 | 14/21 | 60/88 | 162/249 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | – | 67% | 67% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/31 | / | 39/57 | 12/14 | 44/60 | 124/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | – | 68% | 86% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | / | 14/28 | 4/7 | 10/28 | 40/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | – | 50% | 57% | 36% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 3/8 | / | 5/11 | 1/1 | 3/12 | 12/32 | |
| Converted % | 38% | – | 45% | 100% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 28 | ||
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/ | 6/10 | 0/0 | 13/15 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 60% | – | 87% | 124% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
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