Katerina Siniakova and Jaqueline Cristian will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katerina Siniakova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katerina Siniakova is the pick to win this match.
Katerina Siniakova -> 1.44
Jaqueline Cristian -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Katerina Siniakova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
This will be the 3rd time that Katerina Siniakova and Jaqueline Cristian clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Siniakova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Siniakova won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2024.
Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs Jaqueline Cristian – Australian Open 15-January-2024
Katerina Siniakova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-12 | 7-5 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-25 | 18-16 | 9-6 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-20 | 18-16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-21 | 21-13 | 6-5 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 9-10 | 7-4 | 1-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53, Katerina reached the qualifications after beating Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Katerina had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-4 6-0). During the match, Siniakova scored 59 points vs Mladenovic’s 38. Katerina was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Siniakova blasted 7 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Katerina Siniakova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Siniakova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Mladenovic 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Siniakova has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (258-205). 3-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Siniakova has an aggregate 136-114 record in the last years on hard.
Siniakova’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Napoca.
The Czech has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Jaqueline Cristian
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-11 | 12-6 | 9-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 87, Cristian got to the qualifications after defeating Elena Gabriela Ruse 2-6 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications against Gabriela Ruse, Jaqueline recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Cristian scored 74 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 64. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Cristian scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 63% of her first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Gabriela Ruse 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
The Romanian has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021, 2022 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Siniakova | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
| Pts | 59-38 | 74-64 |
| Total Points | 97 | 138 |
| Winners | 21 | 32 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Siniakova and Cristian played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jaqueline Cristian lost 1 set while Katerina Siniakova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Siniakova has played 1 set(s) less than Cristian (2 vs 3). Therefore, Siniakova played 7 games less than Cristian. Siniakova scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Cristian managed to score 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Siniakova | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 45/71 |
| %1st in | 70% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 32/45 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 11/26 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 42% |
Siniakova scored 7 aces . Cristian blasted 1 ace . Siniakova won 66% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Siniakova | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Siniakova broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Katerina lost her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Cristian broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cristian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Siniakova | |||
| Q1 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 59-38 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cristian | |||
| Q1 Gabriela Ruse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 45/71 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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