Elena Rybakina and Jaqueline Cristian will square off in the 2nd round of the Wuhan Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.142
Jaqueline Cristian -> 5.6

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Jaqueline Cristian

This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Jaqueline Cristian square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 6-0 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Montreal back in July 2025.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Jaqueline Cristian – Montreal 31-July-2025

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

46 - 18win/loss

Hard
29-12
I Hard
3-0
Clay
9-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
5
High
3
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 59-19 37-13 9-3 8-0 5-3 0-0
2024 43-11 23-5 12-2 2-2 6-2 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 9, Rybakina will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-3 1-6 6-4 to Lys in the 3rd round on the 28th of September.

The Kazakhstani has a compiled 46-18 win-loss record in 2025, 29-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Strasbourg where she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 378-161 record. She has a positive 179-83 record on hard.

Previously in Wuhan

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See her history.

Wuhan
Rybakina's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

29 - 22win/loss

Hard
17-12
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, Cristian got to the 2nd round after defeating Mccartney Kessler 6-7(6) 6-0 6-3.

In the 1st round against Kessler, Cristian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-0 6-3). During the match Cristian scored 110 points vs Kessler’s 89. Jaqueline was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Cristian recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 70% of her first serves in, winning 61% (38/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Cristian broke Kessler 8 times after converting 44% of her break points (8/18).

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

Cristian has a compiled 29-22 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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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