Cristina Bucșa

Cristina Bucsa
Bucsa at the 2023 Birmingham Classic
Native nameCristina Bucșa
Country (sports) Spain (2015–)
 Moldova (2013–15)
Born (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)
Chișinău, Moldova
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachIon Bucsa (Father)[1]
Prize moneyUS$ 1,639,121
Singles
Career record310–202 (60.5%)
Career titles0 WTA, 5 ITF[2]
Highest rankingNo. 56 (15 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 74 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open2R (2022)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record158–107 (59.6%)
Career titles1 WTA, 14 ITF[3]
Highest rankingNo. 41 (29 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 60 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Team competitions
Last updated on: 5 February 2024[4].

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

She has career-high rankings of world No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and of No. 41 in doubles, set on 29 January 2024.[4]

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.[5]

At the 2022 French Open, Bucșa qualified into her second Major main draw for the season, following the Australian Open.[6]

At the Canadian Open, she made her WTA 1000 debut as a qualifier. She recorded her first match at a Major at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, then losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.[7]

2023: Top 100, first Major third round, 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.[8] She then lost to world No. 1 Iga Świątek.[9]

At the Lyon Open, she won her first doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 61, on 6 February 2023. 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. At the next WTA 1000, the Guadalajara Open, she double bageled former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.

In mid-December, she won her first WTA 125k title at the Open de Limoges, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final.[10]

2024: Top 60 in singles and top 50 in doubles

Bucșa had a low-key start to the season. She participated in the Brisbane International, and in the singles she did not make it past the second round, but in doubles, with partner Alexandra Panova they reached the semifinal.[11][note 1] Soon after, she participated in the Adelaide International in which in singles, she went trough qualifying and reached the second round in the main draw but lost to top seed Elena Rybakina.[11][note 1] After that, she entered the Australian Open. Prior to that Major she reached a new career high singles ranking of No. 56 on 15 January 2024. In singles, she lost in the first round, but in doubles with Panova they reached the quarterfinals.[11][note 1] As a result she reached the top 50 in doubles.[12]

Continuing her campaign on hard courts, now in the Middle East, Bucșa participated in the Abu Dhabi Open, where as a lucky loser, she reached the quarterfinals and once again, lost to top seed Elena Rybakina.[13]

Personal life and background

Cristina is coached by her father Ion Bucșa.[1] She trains and lives in Cantabria, Spain.[7]

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.[14]

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[a] 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[b] 164 161 159 107 83 $1,517,425

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[a] 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[c] 246 270 242 151 66

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[d] 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. ^ a b 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.
  1. ^ a b c To obtain data from this reference, select the corresponding year on the WTA or ITF website.

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