Jaqueline Cristian and Nao Hibino will square off in the semifinal of the Livesport Prague Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:30 am 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 Nao Hibino who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.9
Jaqueline Cristian -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Jaqueline Cristian vs. Nao Hibino

This will be the 2^nd time that Jaqueline Cristian and Nao Hibino square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Hibino won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in Auckland back in January 2023.

Jaqueline Cristian

Ranked no. 122, Jaqueline got to the semifinal after beating Marie Bouzkova 6-4 4-6 6-4, Emiliana Arango 6-4 6-3 and Kateryna Baindl 6-4 1-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Cristian defeated Kozlova (6-4 1-6 6-2). During the match, Cristian scored 84 points vs Kozlova’s 80. Cristian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cristian scored 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 66% of her first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Kozlova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Cristian has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (270-179). 4-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cristian has an overall81-53 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W60 Trnava where she beat Oceane Dodin in the final 7-6(7) 7-6(4) and the W25 Palmanova where she overcame Iryna Shymanovich in the final 6-4 6-0 and the W60 Zagreb where she defeated Ella Seidel in the final 6-1 3-6 7-6(0).

The Romanian has an overall 34-19 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

Nao Hibino

Ranked no. 136, the Japanese got to the semifinal after beating Yana Morderger 6-3 6-3, Sara Errani 7-5 3-6 6-4, Viktoria Hruncakova 6-1 7-5 and Tereza Martincova 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Nao had a good straight sets win against Martincova (6-1 6-2). During the match Hibino scored 60 points vs Martincova’s 37. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Hibino scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nao Hibino lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 67% of her first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Nao broke Martincova 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hibino started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W25 Kashiwa where she beat Su Jeong Jang in the final 6-4 6-3.

Hibino has a composed 32-21 win-loss record in 2023, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cristian	Hibino
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	74	83
Pts	249-228	306-250
Total Points	477	556
Winners	90	105
%Winners	36%	34%

Cristian played 3 matches while Hibino competed in 4 matches. Hibino started her run from the qualifications while Cristian had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaqueline Cristian surrendered 2 sets, while Nao Hibino lost 1 set. Cristian has played 1 set(s) less than Hibino (8 vs 9). Therefore, Cristian played 9 games less than Hibino. Jaqueline scored 90 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Nao managed to score 105 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cristian	Hibino
Aces	5	8
Avg per match	1.7	2
1st in	145/246	166/279
%1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	90/145	105/166
%1st pts	62%	63%
2nd pts	41/101	58/113
%2nd pts	41%	51%

Cristian blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Hibino managed to score 8 aces (2 per match). Cristian won 62% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cristian	Hibino
Won	19	24
Converted	19/33	24/39
% Converted	58%	62%
Conceded	28	31
Saved	12	20
% Saved	43%	65%
Times Broken	16	11

The Romanian broke her opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. Jaqueline lost her serve 16 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponents 24 times with a 62% conversion rate. Hibino conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Cristian
	R1 Bouzkova	R2 Arango	1/4 Kozlova	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-4 1-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	30	19	25	74
pts	101-95	64-53	84-80	249-228
Total points	196	117	164	477
Winners	33	24	33	90
%Winners	33%	38%	39%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	4	5
Double Faults	4	1	4	9
1st in	50/98	38/61	57/87	145/246
% 1st in	51%	62%	66%	59%
1st pts	33/50	24/38	33/57	90/145
% 1st pts	66%	63%	58%	62%
2nd pts	18/48	11/23	12/30	41/101
% 2nd pts	38%	48%	40%	41%
Breaks
Won	8	5	6	19
Converted	8/14	5/6	6/13	19/33
Converted %	57%	83%	46%	58%
Conceded	11	8	9	28
Saved	4/11	5/8	3/9	12
Saved %	36%	63%	33%	44%
Times Broken	7	3	6	16

Hibino
	Q1 Morderger	Q3 Arango	R1 Errani	R2 Kuzmova	1/4 Martincova	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	3-6 6-1 6-0	7-5 3-6 6-4	6-1 7-5	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	2	12
Tot Games	18	22	31	19	15	105
pts	64-44	–	107-106	75-63	60-37	306-250
Total points	108	0	213	138	97	556
Winners	22		39	23	21	105
%Winners	34%	0%	36%	31%	35%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	3	2	1	8
Double Faults	5		5	3	1	14
1st in	29/52	/	68/106	38/75	31/46	166/279
% 1st in	56%	0%	64%	51%	67%	59%
1st pts	22/29	/	39/68	23/38	21/31	105/166
% 1st pts	76%	0%	57%	61%	68%	63%
2nd pts	12/23	/	17/38	22/37	7/15	58/113
% 2nd pts	52%	0%	45%	59%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	5		7	5	7	24
Converted	5/10	/	7/7	5/10	7/12	24/39
Converted %	50%	0%	100%	50%	58%	62%
Conceded	5		15	7	4	31
Saved	3/5	0/	9/15	6/7	2/4	20
Saved %	60%	–	60%	86%	50%	85%
Times Broken	2		6	1	2	11

Tennis Scores in Prague

• Quinn Gleason/Elixane LechemiaGleason/Elixane Lechemia – Nikola Bartunkova/Tereza ValentovaBartunkova/Tereza Valentova (6-1 3-6 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nao Hibino/Oksana KalashnikovaHibino/Oksana Kalashnikova – Barbora Palicova/Dominika SalkovaPalicova/Dominika Salkova (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Nao HibinoHibino (0-1) – H2H and prediction