Elena Rybakina and Jaqueline Cristian will face off in the 1st round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 8:30 pm on Grandstand 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.22
Jaqueline Cristian -> 4.5

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Jaqueline Cristian

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Jaqueline Cristian clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Bucharest back in 2019.

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

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Rank
5
High
3
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 59-19 37-13 9-3 8-0 5-3 0-0
2024 43-11 23-5 12-2 2-2 6-2 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 20, the Kazakhstani will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in St. Petersburg where she lost w/o to Martincova in the 2nd round on the 10th of February.

Elena has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Adelaide.

Talking about her overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 209-98 record. She has a positive 84-45 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.

Doha
Rybakina's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

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Rank
39
High
39
LWLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2021 37-26 5-5 15-12 17-7 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 71, Cristian got to the 1st round after defeating Ulrikke Eikeri 6-1 6-2.

The Romanian has a composed 4-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Cristian has never competed in this tournament before.

Doha
Cristian's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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