Cristina Bucșa
Bucșa at the 2023 Birmingham Classic
Country (sports) Spain (2015–)
 Moldova (2013–15)
Born (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998
Chișinău, Moldova
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,474,635
Singles
Career record307–198 (60.8%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 56 (15 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 56 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record152–104 (59.4%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 53 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 64 (18 December 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Last updated on: 24 December 2023.

Cristina Bucșa (born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player.

She has career-high rankings of world No. 61 in singles, achieved on 18 December 2023, and of 53 in doubles, set on 11 September 2023.

Professional career

2018: First pro title

Bucșa won her first bigger ITF Circuit title 2018 at the Open de Saint-Malo, in the doubles draw, partnering María Fernanda Herazo.

2021–2022: Grand Slam debut and WTA 1000 debut

She qualified for a singles main draw in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open.[1]

At the 2022 French Open, Bucșa qualified into her second major main draw for the season, following the Australian Open.[2]

At the Canadian Open, she made her WTA 1000 debut as a qualifier. Her first match at a major tournament she recorded at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, then losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.[3]

2023: Top 100, first major third round and WTA 1000 wins & doubles title, WTA 125K title

She reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023, before she qualified for the Australian Open and recorded her first two wins at this major defeating Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu.[4] She then lost to world No. 1 Iga Świątek.[5]

At the Lyon Open, she won her first doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs. In Indian Wells, she reached the second round of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career as a qualifier defeating Katie Swan.

Bucșa made her debut at Wimbledon, defeating Kamilla Rakhimova for her first win at this major.

She entered the main draw of the Canadian Open as a lucky loser and reached the second round on her debut at the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open, upsetting 13th seed Belinda Bencic.

In the mid-December, she won her first WTA 125k title at the Open de Limoges, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final.[6]

Personal life and background

Cristina is coached by her father Ion Bucșa. She trains and lives in Cantabria, Spain.[7][3]

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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[8]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A Q1 Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon Q2 NH Q3 Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open Q1 A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 3–4 0 / 8 4–8 33%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A NH A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A NH A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Guadalajara Open NH A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–6 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0 0 6 9 19 Career total: 34
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–6 6–9 0 / 17 9–17 35%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 3–7 0 / 13 5–13 28%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–6 4–9 10–19 0 / 34 15–34 31%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 2] 164 161 159 107 $1,444,172

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A NH A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 0 / 4 2–4 33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 2 5 10 Career total: 19
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 1 1 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–2 5–5 8–9 1 / 19 14–18 44%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 3] 246 270 242 151

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 Portorož Open, Slovenia WTA 250 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Czech Republic Tereza Martincová		 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2023 Lyon Open, France WTA 250 Hard (i) Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Serbia Olga Danilović
Russia Alexandra Panova		 7–6(7–5), 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 WTA 125 Limoges, France Hard (i) France Elsa Jacquemot 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 WTA 125 Concord, United States Hard United States Usue Maitane Arconada Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
Indonesia Jessy Rompies		 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 1–1 Dec 2022 WTA 125 Andorrà la Vella, Andorra Hard (i) Poland Weronika Falkowska Angelina Gabueva
Anastasia Zakharova		 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 2023 WTA 125 Contrexéville, France Clay Alena Fomina-Klotz Amina Anshba
Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc		 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Aug 2023 WTA 125 Chicago, United States Hard Alexandra Panova Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Estonia Ingrid Neel		 walkover
Win 3–2 Dec 2023 WTA 125 Angers, France Hard (i) Romania Monica Niculescu Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Alexandra Panova		 6–1, 6–3
Win 4–2 Dec 2023 WTA 125 Limoges, France Hard (i) Yana Sizikova Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
United Kingdom Maia Lumsden		 6–4, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000[lower-alpha 4] Clay United Kingdom Amanda Carreras 5–7, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2016 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–2 May 2017 ITF Santarém, Portugal 15,000 Hard Russia Valeria Savinykh 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–2 Jul 2018 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Clay Switzerland Jil Teichmann 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss 2–3 Nov 2018 ITF Nules, Spain 15,000 Clay Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 2–4 May 2019 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 3–4 Jul 2019 ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 25,000 Hard Belarus Shalimar Talbi 6–0, 6–4
Win 4–4 Nov 2019 ITF Nantes, France 60,000 Hard (i) Germany Tamara Korpatsch 6–2, 6–7(11–13), 7–6(6)
Loss 4–5 Sep 2020 ITF Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$10,000 tournaments (1–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Spain Eva Guerrero Álvarez Australia Priscilla Hon
Spain Aliona Bolsova		 0–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2017 ITF Santarém, Portugal 10,000 Hard Russia Ksenia Kuznetsova Russia Valeria Savinykh
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Bolivia Noelia Zeballos Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Sep 2017 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium 10,000 Clay Romania Cristina Adamescu France Sara Cakarevic
Belgium Magali Kempen		 4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 0–5 Sep 2017 ITF Biarritz, France 80,000 Clay Australia Isabelle Wallace Romania Irina Bara
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–6 Nov 2017 ITF Benicar, Spain 10,000 Clay France Elixane Lechemia Spain Noelia Bouzó Zanotti
Spain Ángeles Moreno Barranquero		 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–6 Nov 2017 ITF Valencia, Spain 25,000 Clay Russia Yana Sizikova Spain Georgina García Pérez
Venezuela Andrea Gámiz		 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–6 May 2018 ITF Mónzon, Spain 25,000 Hard Russia Yana Sizikova United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls		 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 2–7 Jun 2018 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay Colombia María Fernanda Herazo Greece Eleni Kordolaimi
France Elixane Lechemia		 4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 2–8 Jul 2018 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Clay Japan Ramu Ueda Paraguay Montserrat Gonzalez
Brazil Laura Pigossi		 5–7, 0–6
Win 3–8 Sep 2018 ITF Saint-Malo, France 60.000 Clay Colombia María Fernanda Herazo Romania Alexandra Cadanțu
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča		 4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss 3–9 Oct 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
United States Ingrid Neel		 2–6, 2–6
Win 4–9 Nov 2018 ITF Nules, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Claudia Hoste Ferrer Spain Marina Bassols Ribera
Spain Júlia Payola		 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 5–9 Feb 2018 ITF Altenkirchen, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek Belgium Marie Benoît
Poland Katarzyna Piter		 5–7, 6–3, [12–10]
Win 6–9 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Spain Georgina García Pérez Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith		 7–5, 7–5
Win 7–9 Apr 2019 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Ukraine Marta Kostyuk Canada Sharon Fichman
Australia Jaimee Fourlis		 6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 7–10 Nov 2019 ITF Saint-Étienne, France 25,000 Hard (i) Germany Julia Wachaczyk Russia Marina Melnikova
Romania Laura Ioana Paar		 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [9–11]
Win 8–10 Mar 2022 ITF Le Havre, France 25,000 Clay Spain Georgina García Pérez Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
United States Chiara Scholl		 6–4, 6–3
Win 9–10 Nov 2022 ITF Valencia, Spain 80,000+H Clay Switzerland Ylena In-Albon Irina Khromacheva
Iryna Shymanovich		 6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 0–4 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2023
Loss 0–1 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 Australian Open, Australia Hard 3R 0–6, 1–6 No. 100 0–2
Loss 0–2 United States Coco Gauff No. 6 Indian Wells Open, U.S. Hard 2R 2–6, 4–6 No. 90 0–1
Loss 0–3 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 French Open, France Clay 1R 4–6, 0–6 No. 70
Loss 0–4 United States Jessica Pegula No. 4 Wimbledon Championships, UK Grass 2R 1–6, 4–6 No. 78 0–1

Notes

  1. 1 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ↑ 2013: WTA ranking - 1203,
    2014: WTA ranking - 1193,
    2015: WTA ranking - 757,
    2016: WTA ranking - 798,
    2017: WTA ranking - 415,
    2018: WTA ranking - 346.
  3. ↑ 2015: WTA ranking - 1167,
    2016: WTA ranking - 1278,
    2017: WTA ranking - 284,
    2018: WTA ranking - 172.
  4. ↑ The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15ks even before 2017.

References

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  2. ↑ "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up". Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  3. 1 2 "Puntodebreak". Archived from the original on 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  4. ↑ "Auger-Aliassime rallies, Andreescu eliminated in 2nd round of Australian Open | CBC Sports". CBC News. 2023-01-18. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Swiatek rolls, Rybakina bests Collins in Australian Open third round". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  6. ↑ Tennis Majors (December 17, 2023). "Bucsa recovers from set down to win Open BLS de Limoges title". tennismajors.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cristina Bucsa | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  8. ↑ "Cristina Bucsa [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
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