Cristina Bucșa

Cristina Bucșa
	Bucșa at the 2021 Open de Limoges
Country (sports)	Spain (2015–) ; Moldova (2013–15)
Born	1 January 1998 (age 26); Chișinău, Moldova
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed ; (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 443,779
Singles
Career record	222–136
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 129 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 129 (7 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	Q3 (2022)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021)
US Open	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	112–77
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 157 (6 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 220 (7 March 2022)
	Last updated on: 8 September 2021.

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

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 reached of 7 March 2022. She also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 157 achieved on 6 May 2019.

Professional career

Bucșa won her first major ITF title at the 2018 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo in the doubles draw, partnering María Fernanda Herazo.

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

Personal life and background

Currently coached by Ion Bucșa (father). Trains and lives in Cantabria, Spain. Hobbies include reading books and enjoying walks through nature. Idolizes Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. Favorite surface to play on is grass.^[2]

Performance timeline

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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[3]

Singles

Current through the 2022 WTA Lyon Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	Q1	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q2	NH	Q3		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0 / 2	0–2	0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	NH	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	6	2	Career total: 8
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–6	1–2	0 / 8	2–8	20%
Year-end ranking	164	161	159		$362,926

Doubles

Tournament	2022	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open		0 / 0	0–0	–

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Aug 2021	WTA 125 Concord, U.S.	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Peangtarn Plipuech Jessy Rompies	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2015	ITF Palma Nova, Spain	10,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	5–7, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2016	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–2	May 2017	ITF Santarém, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–2	Jul 2018	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Jil Teichmann	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Loss	2–3	Nov 2018	ITF Nules, Spain	15,000	Clay	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	2–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	2–4	May 2019	ITF Monzón, Spain	25,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–4	Jul 2019	ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	25,000	Hard	Shalimar Talbi	6–0, 6–4
Win	4–4	Nov 2019	ITF Nantes, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Tamara Korpatsch	6–2, 6–7^(11–13), 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	4–5	Sep 2020	ITF Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	6–4, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$15,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

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

Notes

^ ^a ^b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar 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.

References

^ "Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
^ "Cristina Bucsa Bio".
^ "Cristina Bucsa [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.

External links

Cristina Bucșa at the Women's Tennis Association
Cristina Bucșa at the International Tennis Federation

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[DubaiDoha-4] The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar 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.

[1] "Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes".

[2] "Cristina Bucsa Bio".

[3] "Cristina Bucsa [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Spanish female singles tennis players
as of 5 August 2024
1. Paula Badosa (40 22) 2. Cristina Bucșa (60 ) 3. Sara Sorribes Tormo (73 2) 4. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (77 ) 5. Rebeka Masarova (106 3)
6. Marina Bassols Ribera (111 8) 7. Nuria Párrizas Díaz (116 28) 8. Leyre Romero Gormaz (179 1) 9. Guiomar Maristany (215 4) 10. Andrea Lázaro García (258 101)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Spanish female doubles tennis players
as of 5 August 2024
1. Cristina Bucșa (20 ) 2. Sara Sorribes Tormo (28 1) 3. Yvonne Cavallé Reimers (131 9) 4. Aliona Bolsova (194 5) 5. Leyre Romero Gormaz (237 40)
6. Rebeka Masarova (247 3) 7. Paula Badosa (249 109) 8. Ángela Fita Boluda (273 2) 9. Alicia Herrero Liñana (303 1) 10. Marina Bassols Ribera (468 44)