Jaqueline Cristian and Elina Avanesyan will square off in the quarter of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Avanesyan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elina Avanesyan is the pick to win this match.
Elina Avanesyan -> 1.87
Jaqueline Cristian -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Jaqueline Cristian vs. Elina Avanesyan

This will be the 2^nd time that Jaqueline Cristian and Elina Avanesyan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cristian (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Cristian won 5-7 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Rome back in May 2024.

Jaqueline Cristian

Ranked no. 61, Cristian got to the quarter after defeating Nuria Brancaccio 6-2 6-4 and Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-4 6-7(1) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Cristian defeated Gabriela Ruse (6-4 6-7¹ 6-2). During the match, Cristian scored 119 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 107. Cristian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cristian made 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 5 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 60% of her first serves in, winning 67% (49/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (17/49) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Gabriela Ruse 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cristian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Cristian has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (310-209). 16-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Cristian has a composed 156-94 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Napoca.

Jaqueline has an overall 23-21 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Iasi

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

Elina Avanesyan

Ranked no. 76, Avanesyan reached the quarter after beating Leyre Romero Gormaz 6-1 6-2 and Petra Martic 6-2 5-7 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Avanesyan defeated Martic (6-2 5-7 6-4). During the match Avanesyan scored 106 points vs Martic’s 87. Avanesyan was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Avanesyan was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 75% of her first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Martic 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Elina has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cristian	Avanesyan
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	49	45
Pts	185-156	169-126
Total Points	341	295
Winners	69	64
%Winners	37%	38%

Both Cristian and Avanesyan played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaqueline Cristian conceded 1 set, while Elina Avanesyan conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cristian and Avanesyan have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Cristian played 4 games more than Avanesyan. Cristian scored 69 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Elina managed to score 64 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cristian	Avanesyan
Aces	7	1
Avg per match	3.5	0.5
1st in	101/172	97/136
%1st in	59%	71%
1st pts	69/101	64/97
%1st pts	68%	66%
2nd pts	32/71	22/39
%2nd pts	45%	56%

Cristian fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Avanesyan blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Cristian won 68% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Avanesyan won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cristian	Avanesyan
Won	12	12
Converted	12/22	12/29
% Converted	55%	41%
Conceded	17	15
Saved	11	9
% Saved	65%	60%
Times Broken	6	6

Cristian broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Romanian dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Avanesyan broke her opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Avanesyan conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Cristian
	R1 Brancaccio	R2 Gabriela Ruse	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-71 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	31	49
pts	66-49	119-107	185-156
Total points	115	226	341
Winners	20	49	69
%Winners	30%	41%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	28/50	73/122	101/172
% 1st in	56%	60%	59%
1st pts	20/28	49/73	69/101
% 1st pts	71%	67%	68%
2nd pts	15/22	17/49	32/71
% 2nd pts	68%	35%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	8	12
Converted	4/9	8/13	12/22
Converted %	44%	62%	55%
Conceded	2	15	17
Saved	1/2	10/15	11
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Avanesyan
	R1 Romero	R2 Martic	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-2 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	30	45
pts	63-39	106-87	169-126
Total points	102	193	295
Winners	21	43	64
%Winners	33%	41%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	31/48	66/88	97/136
% 1st in	65%	75%	71%
1st pts	21/31	43/66	64/97
% 1st pts	68%	65%	66%
2nd pts	9/17	13/22	22/39
% 2nd pts	53%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/12	6/17	12/29
Converted %	50%	35%	41%
Conceded	6	9	15
Saved	4/6	5/9	9
Saved %	67%	56%	62%
Times Broken	2	4	6

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• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Anna BondarBondar (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex de Minaur/John Peersde Minaur/John Peers – Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert FarahCabal/Robert Farah (6-7⁶ 7-6⁴ 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings

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