Cristina Bucșa

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Cristina Bucșa
Bucșa at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Spain (2015–)
 Moldova (2013–15)
ResidenceTorrelavega, Spain
Born (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)
Chișinău, Moldova
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachIon Bucșa
Prize moneyUS$ 1,784,254
Singles
Career record316–209 (60.2%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 56 (15 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 75 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record164–111 (59.6%)
Career titles2 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 38 (8 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 39 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Team competitions
Last updated on: 8 April 2024 [1].

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. 38 in doubles, achieved on 8 April 2024.[1]

Early life and background[edit]

Cristina Bucșa was born in Chișinău, Moldova. Her father, Ion Bucșa, is a former biathlete who was Moldova's flag bearer at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.[2][3] When she was three years old, her family moved to Cantabria in northern Spain; they originally moved to Las Fraguas before settling in Torrelavega.[4] Bucșa attended the Instituto Marqués De Santillana in Torrelavega, where she was awarded the title of Illustrious Alumna in December 2022.[5] She speaks Spanish, Romanian, English, and French.[6]

Bucșa began playing tennis at the age of five.[7][8] In 2014, she moved to Barcelona to train at the Centre d'Alt Rendiment de Sant Cugat,[2][9] but she moved back to Torrelavega in 2016, where she currently lives and trains.[10] She is coached by her father, who is self-taught and also acts as her physiotherapist.[2][11] Being unsponsored, she buys her own kits and rackets for the tour.[10][12] She does not have any public social media profiles, only using Facebook to keep in touch with other tennis players.[13]

She received her Spanish passport in 2014 and began representing Spain in 2015.[2]

Professional career[edit]

2017–2020: ITF Circuit titles[edit]

Bucșa won her first ITF Circuit titles in both singles and doubles in 2017. In May 2017, Bucșa won the ITF Santarém title after defeating Valeria Savinykh in the final.[14] In November 2017, Bucșa and doubles partner Yana Sizikova won the Open Ciudad de Valencia after defeating Georgina García Pérez and Andrea Gámiz in the final.[15]

Bucșa entered the qualifiers of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Samantha Murray Sharan in the second round.[16] One month later, she won the Open Araba en Femenino title in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[17]

2021–2022: Grand Slam debut and WTA 1000 debut[edit]

Bucșa entered the singles main draw in a Grand Slam for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open, after defeating Kateryna Baindl, Elvina Kalieva, and Océane Dodin in qualifying.[18]

In 2022, Bucșa qualified for the Australian Open and the French Open, but lost in the first round of both.[19][20] She also qualified for her first WTA 1000 event at the Canadian Open. Bucșa recorded her first win at a major at the US Open, defeating Kaja Juvan before losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.[21]

2023: Top 100, first major third round, WTA 1000 wins, WTA 250 doubles title, WTA 125 titles[edit]

Bucșa at the 2023 Birmingham Classic

Bucșa reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023. She qualified for the Australian Open and recorded her first two wins at this major, defeating Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu.[22][23] She then lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in the third round.[24][25] This was her best result at a major thus far.[26]

At the Lyon Open, she won her first doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs.[27] 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, defeating Katie Swan as a qualifier.[28]

Bucșa made her main draw debut at Wimbledon, defeating Kamilla Rakhimova for her first win before losing to fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula in the second round.[29][30]

She entered the main draw of the Canadian Open as a lucky loser, but lost to Petra Martić in the first round.[31] She reached the second round on her debut at the Cincinnati Open, upsetting 13th seed Belinda Bencic.[32] At the Guadalajara Open, she double bageled former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.[33]

In mid-December, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Open de Limoges, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final. She also won the doubles title in Limoges with partner Yana Sizikova after defeating Oksana Kalashnikova and Maia Lumsden in the final.[34][35]

2024: Top 60 in singles and top 50 in doubles[edit]

Bucșa began her season in Brisbane and reached the doubles semifinal with her partner Alexandra Panova.[36] She qualified for Adelaide as a lucky loser in singles, and defeated Jasmine Paolini before losing to top seed Elena Rybakina in the second round.[37][38] Following this, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on 15 January 2024. At the Australian Open, she reached the doubles quarterfinals with Panova.[39][40] As a result, she reached the top 50 in doubles.[41]

Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, 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.[42] In Doha, she and partner Monica Niculescu reached the doubles quarterfinal.[43] Bucșa then made her debut at the Dubai Tennis Championships where she replaced fifth seed Ons Jabeur, also as a lucky loser, into the second round, before losing to eventual runner-up Anna Kalinskaya.[44]

Seeded fourth in singles in Bogotá, Bucșa defeated You Xiaodi and Jule Niemeier before losing to her doubles partner Kamilla Rakhimova in the quarterfinals.[45] Bucșa and Rakhimova later won the doubles title in Bogotá after defeating the third-seeded team of Anna Bondár and Irina Khromacheva in the final, bringing Bucșa to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 38.[46] In Madrid, Bucșa defeated Harriet Dart before losing to 10th seed Daria Kasatkina.[47][48]

Performance timelines[edit]

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.[49]

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 1R 3R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
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 2024 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[edit]

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 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 2024 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[edit]

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
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
Alexandra Panova
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–1 Apr 2024 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Kamilla Rakhimova Hungary Anna Bondár
Irina Khromacheva
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (title)[edit]

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

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

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

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$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 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 Open Nantes, France 60,000 Hard (i) Germany Tamara Korpatsch 6–2, 6–7(11–13), 7–6(6)
Loss 4–5 Sep 2020 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$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 Open de 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 Open de 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 Open de 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 AK Ladies Open, 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 Chiasso Open, 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 Open de Valencia, Spain 80,000+H Clay Switzerland Ylena In-Albon Irina Khromacheva
Iryna Shymanovich
6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head records[edit]

Record against top 10 players[edit]

  • She has a 0–6 (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 0–1
Loss 0–2 United States Coco Gauff No. 6 Indian Wells Open, US 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 0–2
Loss 0–4 United States Jessica Pegula No. 4 Wimbledon Championships, UK Grass 2R 1–6, 4–6 No. 78 0–1
2024
Loss 0–5 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina No. 3 Adelaide International, Australia Hard 2R 3–6, 5–7 No. 61 0–1
Loss 0–6 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina No. 5 Abu Dhabi Open, UAE Hard QF 3–6, 4–6 No. 74 0–2

Notes[edit]

  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.

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