Jaqueline Cristian is the No. 1 Romanian player on the WTA tour, currently at her career high rank of 39, following a successful 2025 season.
Jaqueline Cristian’s tennis racquet
Jaqueline Cristian is endorsing the Wilson Blade, but is playing a 16/20 string pattern, which makes me believe it is the ultra-popular model called the Steam 100 BLX, used by players such as Paola Badosa, Emma Raducanu, and Mirra Andreeva to mention a few. Allegedly, this will be re-released in 2026 as the Wilson Blade Pro.
She is using some form of Luxilon Alu Power. If you know more about Cristian’s racquet specifications and string tension, please comment below.
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Bio and Career
Born on June 5, 1998, in Bucharest, she started playing tennis at the age of five and is coached by Javier Martí.
Cristian turned professional in 2012 and spent her early years competing on the ITF Circuit, where she won 14 singles titles and 10 doubles titles. A notable year came in 2016 when she compiled a 46-18 win-loss record and got five ITF titles, which helped her rise around 400 places in the rankings. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles in 2015 and her singles main-draw debut in 2017 at the Bucharest Open.
Her significant breakthrough came in 2021:
- She advanced to her maiden WTA Tour-level quarterfinal at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
- She reached her first WTA Tour-level semifinal at the Astana Open.
- She broke into the Top 100 of the world rankings on November 8, 2021.
- She reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.
Career Highlights
Cristian has continued to climb the rankings and achieve career-best results:
- Career-High Ranking: Her highest WTA singles ranking to date is No. 39, achieved on October 27, 2025.
- WTA 125 Title: She won her first WTA 125 singles title at Puerto Vallarta in 2025.
- WTA Final Appearances: She has reached two WTA Tour singles finals: Linz in 2021 and Rabat in 2025.
- Grand Slam Performance: She has reached the third round at three of the four major tournaments: the Australian Open (2025), the French Open (2025), and the US Open (2025). Her best result at Wimbledon is the second round (2023).
- Olympic Games: She represented Romania at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, reaching the second round in singles.
Cristian has also represented her country in the Billie Jean King Cup, holding a winning record in her singles rubbers. After suffering a knee injury in 2022, she took a six-month hiatus and has since showed great strength and returned to achieve her career-best ranking.
She plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand, and her favorite surface is clay.
Follow Jaqueline
Follow her career and personal life via her her Instagram profile @jaqueline_cristian.