
Jaqueline Cristian clobbers Mccartney Kessler 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Strasbourg on Monday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Clara Tauson in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Jaqueline added to her prize money € 4,381 after winning this match. She has already won € 15,690 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add € 14,745 to her earnings to get in total € 30,435 in total.
Highlights Jaqueline Cristian vs. Mccartney Kessler Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 61 points vs. Kessler’s 36.
Cristian
Cristian served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (19/25) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (8/16) on her second serve. The Romanian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Kessler
On the other side, Mccartney was remarkable in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Cristian and Kessler is 3-0 for Jaqueline.
Draw and next match H2H: Jaqueline Cristian vs. Clara Tauson – stats
Cristian will fight against Tauson in the 2nd round.
This will be the 7th time that Jaqueline Cristian and Clara Tauson clash against each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Cristian and Tauson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cristian won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Napoca back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Cristian started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Mccartney Kessler in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Cristian to win the set since Mccartney managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Romanian maintained her focus to break Mccartney in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Mccartney was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Romanian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40). On the other side, Mccartney was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They played 50 points. The Romanian was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Kessler (33-17). The Romanian conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). On the losing side, Kessler conceded 18 points on serve (8-18).
Cristian started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Mccartney Kessler in the 2nd game (2-0). Jaqueline reinforced her lead after breaking the American in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Cristian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Romanian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Cristian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the American (28-19). Cristian conceded 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, Mccartney conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Cristina BucsaBucsa (2-6 7-67 7-5)
- Diane ParryParry – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-4 7-64)
- Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova – Alexandra EalaEala (3-6 7-5 6-3)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (7-5 6-3)
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-1 6-1)
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Talia GibsonGibson (7-60 6-3)
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (7-63 6-3)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (6-1 7-5)
- Ann LiLi – Maya JointJoint (6-1 6-2)
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-1)
- Lois BoissonBoisson – Xinyu WangWang (6-3 7-64)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-1 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Clara TausonTauson – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Diane ParryParry (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma NavarroNavarro – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ann LiLi – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-2) – H2H details and stats




