Mccartney Kessler and Jaqueline Cristian will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Wuhan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mccartney Kessler who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.42
Jaqueline Cristian -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Jaqueline Cristian

This will be the 2nd time that Mccartney Kessler and Jaqueline Cristian clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cristian (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cristian won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the qualifications in Madrid back in 2024.

Mccartney Kessler

Mccartney Kessler

34 - 21win/loss

Hard
24-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-6
Grass
6-2
Rank
31
High
30
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-24 27-16 4-6 0-0 6-2 0-0
2024 39-22 28-13 2-6 5-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-24 21-12 11-7 12-5 0-0 0-0
2022 8-2 6-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 10-5 10-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 33, the American will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 4-6 6-1 6-2 to Lys in the 4th round on the 30th of September.

Mccartney has a compiled 34-21 win-loss record in 2025, 24-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hobart where she overcame Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Kessler has an overall 165-90 record. She has a positive 114-56 record on hard.

Previously in Wuhan

Mccartney has never competed in this tournament before.

Wuhan
Kessler's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

28 - 22win/loss

Hard
16-12
I Hard
0-1
Clay
12-6
Grass
0-3
Rank
39
High
39
LWLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-25 20-15 12-6 0-1 0-3 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. 48, the Romanian will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-4 6-0 to Bouzas in the 1st round on the 25th of September.

Jaqueline has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2025, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta where she beat Linda Fruhvirtova in the final 7-5 6-4.

In terms of her career, Cristian has an overall 343-242 record. She has a positive 102-82 record on hard.

Previously in Wuhan

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Wuhan
Cristian's Record

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

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