Jessica Pegula def. Jaqueline Cristian — Round of 16, Miami Open 2026

🇺🇸
Miami Open 2026

WTA 1000HardMiami, USA

Played23 Mar 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 5 going into this drawWon

Jessica Pegula seeded 5 6 6

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 36 going into this draw

Jaqueline Cristian seeded 34 4 1

🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulavJ. CristianJaqueline Cristian🇷🇴

🇺🇸Jessica Pegula

🇷🇴Jaqueline Cristian

Match stats

Serve

6

Aces

4

0

Double faults

3

62%

1st serve in

56%

83%

1st serve points won

60%

80%

2nd serve points won

50%

82%

Service points won

56%

0/0

Break points saved

9/13

Return

44%

Return points won

18%

4/13

Break points won

0/0

60

Total points won

42

Head to head

2–0 Pegula

  1. This matchMiami R16won by Pegula
  2. 2023HardMelbourne R128won by Pegula

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

6–4

6–1

Last 30 days

4–1

By surface

26–5

Hard

14–11

2–2

Indoor hard

–

By round

6–0

R16

2–3

5–1

QF

1–1

18–3

At WTA 1000s

7–5

How their matches go

34

Completed matches

23

38%

Won in straight sets

26%

41%

Won after losing a set

26%

9%

Lost after winning a set

9%

12%

Lost in straight sets

39%

6–6

Tiebreaks

4–2

14–3

Deciding sets

6–2

19/20

Won after winning set 1

8/10

8/14

Won after losing set 1

4/13

Serve and return, last 5 matches

61%

1st serve in

64%

74%

1st serve points won

67%

51%

2nd serve points won

42%

36%

Break points saved

59%

46%

Return points won

40%

53%

Break points won

40%

7.4

Aces a match

5.0

1.2

Double faults a match

4.2

Last 14 days

5

Matches

2

11

Sets

5

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentJessica PegulaJaqueline Cristian
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 11
🇷🇺AlexandrovaNo. 11WonWuhan R16WonMiami R32WonAdelaide R32LostTokyo R16
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3LostIndian Wells QFLostMelbourne SFLostRiyadh SFLostWuhan R32
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1
🇧🇾SabalenkaNo. 1LostRiyadh RRWonWuhan SFLostIndian Wells R32
🇺🇸KesslerNo. 51
🇺🇸KesslerNo. 51WonMelbourne R64WonWuhan R64
Total
Total3–43–3

Last 10 matches going in

LatestJessica PegulaJaqueline Cristian
1Won🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 22 MarMiami R32 · 22 MarWon🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 22 MarMiami R32 · 22 Mar
2Won🇬🇧F. JonesFrancesca JonesNo. 93No. 93 · 21 MarMiami R64 · 21 MarWon🇺🇸P. StearnsPeyton StearnsNo. 48No. 48 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 Mar
3Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 3No. 3 · 12 MarIndian Wells QF · 12 MarLost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 Mar
4Won🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 12No. 12 · 11 MarIndian Wells R16 · 11 MarWon🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 29No. 29 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar
5Won🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 26No. 26 · 9 MarIndian Wells R32 · 9 MarWon🇮🇩J. TjenJanice TjenNo. 36No. 36 · 4 MarIndian Wells R128 · 4 Mar
6Won🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 100No. 100 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 MarLost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 7No. 7 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
7Won🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 21 FebDubai F · 21 FebWon🇩🇪E. SeidelElla SeidelNo. 100No. 100 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
8Won🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 4No. 4 · 20 FebDubai SF · 20 FebWon🇭🇷P. MarcinkoPetra MarcinkoNo. 69No. 69 · 16 FebDubai R64 · 16 Feb
9Won🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 14No. 14 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 FebLost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 19No. 19 · 8 FebDoha R64 · 8 Feb
10Won🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 20No. 20 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebLost🇺🇦D. SnigurDaria SnigurNo. 136No. 136 · 4 FebCluj-Napoca R16 · 4 Feb