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Paula Badosa and Jaqueline Cristian will face off in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on AKRON STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.
Paula Badosa -> 1.198
Jaqueline Cristian -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Jaqueline Cristian
This will be the 2nd time that Paula Badosa and Jaqueline Cristian fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cristian (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Cristian won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the W25 Chiasso back in 2019.
Paula Badosa
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-7 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 20-13 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-17 | 19-9 | 17-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, Paula will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 4-6 7-6(8) 7-6(2) to Rybakina in the 3rd round on the 19th of February.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about her overall career, Paula has an overall 376-206 record. She has a positive 159-86 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
Paula has never competed in this tournament before.
Jaqueline Cristian
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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| 2025 | 14-9 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 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. 85, Cristian reached the 2nd round after defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-4 4-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Starodubtseva, Cristian had a free pass after Starodubtseva retired on a 6-4 4-1 . scoreline.
Jaqueline has a compiled 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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Tennis Scores in Merida
- Federico GaioGaio – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (7-63 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi (6-3 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-61 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (1-6 7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jeroen VannesteVanneste (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco FortiForti – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan SatralSatral – Emilio GomezGomez (2-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago GiraldoGiraldo – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Luca VanniVanni (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Petra MarticMartic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emiliana ArangoArango – Francesca JonesJones (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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