Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a professional tennis player from Romania.
Cristian has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 71, achieved on 15 November 2021. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 168, achieved on 3 February 2020. To date, Cristian has won ten doubles titles and ten singles titles on ITF Circuit tournaments.[1][2]
2021: Breakthrough and top 100 debut, maiden WTA final
She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time as a qualifier at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Trophy where she lost to fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. In September, she reached the first semifinals of a WTA tournament at the Astana Open.[3] She reached the quarterfinals of the first edition of the Transylvania Open as a wildcard where she lost to top seed Simona Halep. She reached the top 100 on 8 November 2021.[4] At the Linz Open, she reached the final as a lucky loser after Halep’s withdrawal due to injury from the semifinal.[5] but lost it to Alison Riske, in three sets.[6] As a result, she moved 29 positions up in the rankings having been ranked No. 100 at the beginning of the tournament.
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.[7]