Elena Rybakina vs Jaqueline CristianPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#2 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
84 meetings · sets 6–2
🇷🇴Jaqueline Cristian
#43 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
9wElena 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 | 68% | 39/57 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Wins a set when losing | 62% | 8/13 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 26/70 | 43% | 17/40 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 37/62 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 5/7 | 54% | 15/28 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 53% | 8/15 | 60% | 9/15 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 46/49 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 39/49 | 56% | 9/16 |
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 2,026 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 | 11–3 | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.32 | 3.61 |
| ROI % | +6.4% | +8.3% |
| Units P/L | +0.90u | +0.25u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 8 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Rybakina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Cristian's 30%).
| Opponent | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Daria Kasatkina | W 63 57 64 | W 76 36 62 |
| Katie Boulter | L 57 62 46 | L 16 36 |
| Qinwen Zheng | W 46 64 63 | W 64 76 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L 63 16 67 | W 36 76 64 |
| Victoria Mboko | L 57 64 46 | L 67 63 26 |
| Karolina Pliskova | W 60 62 | L 76 67 46 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 46 36 | L 16 46 |
| Karolina Muchova | W 75 61 | L 26 36 |
| Mirra Andreeva | W 75 61 | L 57 36 |
| Jessica Pegula | W 26 63 64 | L 46 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Taylor Townsend
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Coco Gauff
National Bank Open - Toronto · Semifinals
Aug 13
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
Liudmila Samsonova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Ann Li
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Daria Kasatkina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
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 · 40–70 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 81% | 45% |
| Sets won | 73% | 45% |
| Games won | 58% | 47% |
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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