Elena Rybakina vs Jaqueline CristianPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#1 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 6–2
🇷🇴Jaqueline Cristian
#61 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
15wElena Rybakina and Jaqueline Cristian have met 4 times since 2019; Elena Rybakina leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Bucharest in 2019 on clay. On hard courts Rybakina leads 2–1. Rybakina has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Rybakina has taken 6 sets to Cristian's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elena Rybakina won at Wuhan Open - Wuhan (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Rybakina | Cristian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Rybakina | Jaqueline Cristian | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 40/60 | 58% | 11/19 |
| Wins a set when losing | 58% | 7/12 | 39% | 7/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 27/72 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 61% | 39/64 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 75% | 6/8 | 58% | 14/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | 67% | 10/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 47/51 | 78% | 14/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 40/51 | 61% | 11/18 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 4 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Rybakina 3, Cristian 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rybakina
🤖 Servebot
Cristian
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Elena Rybakina and Jaqueline Cristian are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,080 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Oct 8, 2025
Wuhan Open - Wuhan
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jul 31, 2025
Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal
H Hard · 3rd Round
Feb 21, 2022
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 18, 2019
Bucharest
C Clay · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.47 | - |
| ROI % | +28.5% | - |
| Units P/L | +4.85u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ROU | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 10 shared opponents, both Rybakina and Cristian posted a 60% win rate.
| Opponent | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Alina Charaeva | L 63 46 36 | W 62 63 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | W 64 57 62 | L 16 46 |
| Qinwen Zheng | W 36 61 64 | W 64 76 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | W 76 63 | W 36 76 64 |
| Jessica Bouzas Maneiro | W 62 64 | W 06 64 62 |
| Daria Kasatkina | W 63 57 64 | W 76 36 62 |
| Katie Boulter | L 57 62 46 | L 16 36 |
| Victoria Mboko | L 57 64 46 | L 67 63 26 |
| Karolina Pliskova | W 60 62 | L 76 67 46 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 67 46 | W 61 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Aryna Sabalenka
U.S. Open - New York · Final
Sep 12
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals
Sep 11
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Naomi Osaka
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Yuliia Starodubtseva
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Thea Frodin
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Iva Jovic
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Katie Boulter
The HSBC Championships - London · 2nd Round
Jun 12
Qinwen Zheng
The HSBC Championships - London · 1st Round
Jun 8
Kamilla Rakhimova
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 25
Victoria Mboko
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg · Semifinals
May 22
Daria Kasatkina
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg · Quarterfinals
May 21
Clara Tauson
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg · 2nd Round
May 20
Mccartney Kessler
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg · 1st Round
May 18
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–72 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 83% | 51% |
| Sets won | 74% | 51% |
| Games won | 58% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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