Nao Hibino and Jaqueline Cristian will play each other in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Jaqueline Cristian who should win in 3 sets.
Jaqueline Cristian -> 1.7
Nao Hibino -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Jaqueline Cristian
There is no head to head record between Nao Hibino and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-25 | 13-12 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 21-21 | 2-7 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Coco Vandeweghe 2-6 7-69 6-2.
In the qualifications against Vandeweghe, Nao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-69 6-2). During the match, Hibino scored 96 points vs Vandeweghe’s 95. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hibino made 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 73% of her first serves in, winning 63% (45/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Vandeweghe 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Hibino has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (296-248). 26-19 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hibino has an aggregate 224-169 match record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W25 Chiang Rai.
Hibino has a compiled 36-29 win-loss record in 2022, 26-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Jaqueline Cristian
| 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. 146, the Romanian reached the qualifications after defeating Diana Shnaider 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Jaqueline defeated Shnaider (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Cristian and Shnaider scored the same amount of points (98). However, the world no. 138 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Cristian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 61% of her first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (12/38) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Shnaider 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Jaqueline has an overall 13-16 win-loss record in 2022, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hibino | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 28 |
| Pts | 96-95 | 98-98 |
| Total Points | 191 | 196 |
| Winners | 45 | 37 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Hibino and Cristian played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Nao Hibino surrendered 1 set, while Jaqueline Cristian lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hibino and Cristian have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hibino played 1 game more than Cristian. Hibino scored 45 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian struck 37 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hibino | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 72/99 | 59/97 |
| %1st in | 73% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 45/72 | 37/59 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 12/38 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 32% |
Hibino blasted 5 aces . Cristian made 6 aces . Hibino won 63% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hibino | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 58% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 43% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Nao broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Hibino dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Jaqueline broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Cristian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hibino | |||
| Q1 Vandeweghe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-69 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-95 | 96-95 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 72/99 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 45/72 | 45/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cristian | |||
| Q1 Shnaider | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 98-98 | 98-98 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 59/97 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/38 | 12/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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