Barbora Krejcikova and Jaqueline Cristian will face off in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on BRAD DREWETT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.285
Jaqueline Cristian -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jaqueline Cristian

This will be the 3rd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Jaqueline Cristian clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cristian won 2-6 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in April 2024.

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova

18 - 11win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-5
Grass
9-2
Rank
10
High
2
LWLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-11 6-4 3-5 0-0 9-2 0-0
2023 34-19 22-11 5-5 2-1 5-2 0-0
2022 25-15 12-10 2-3 9-0 2-2 0-0
2021 45-19 27-13 15-3 0-2 3-1 0-0
2020 22-10 7-4 9-4 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 10, the Czech will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-4 7-5 to Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd round on the 28th of August.

Krejcikova has a composed 18-11 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was conquering the title at the Wimbledon where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-2 2-6 6-4.

Talking about her overall career, The Czech has an overall 409-219 record. She has a positive 119-84 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

Beijing
Krejcikova's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

25 - 26win/loss

Hard
2-10
I Hard
5-3
Clay
17-11
Grass
1-2
Rank
80
High
57
WLLLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-26 2-10 17-11 5-3 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
2020 23-12 2-3 3-3 18-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 80, Cristian got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Bondar 6-1 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, Jaqueline had a good straight sets win against Bondar (6-1 7-65). During the match Cristian scored 72 points vs Bondar’s 58. Cristian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Cristian managed to score 2 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cristian put 68% of her first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Bondar 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Jaqueline’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Napoca.

Cristian has a compiled 25-26 win-loss record in 2024, 2-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Cristian's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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