Claire Liu vs Cristina BucsaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Claire Liu
#111 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
7w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#40 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Claire Liu and Cristina Bucsa have met 1 time since 2025; Cristina Bucsa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Liu has taken 0 sets to Bucsa's 2. Their most recent meeting: Cristina Bucsa won at U.S. Open - New York (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Liu | Bucsa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Claire Liu | Cristina Bucsa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 42% | 11/26 | 81% | 13/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 8/16 | 35% | 7/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 55% | 23/42 | 28% | 10/36 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 31% | 8/26 | 40% | 6/15 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 10/15 | 55% | 11/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 44% | 7/16 | 40% | 4/10 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 83% | 15/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 61% | 11/18 | 72% | 13/18 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Liu 0, Bucsa 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Liu
💥 Big Hitter
Bucsa
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,181 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 25, 2025
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Liu | Bucsa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Claire Liu | Cristina Bucsa | ||
| 1 or more | 20% | 1/5 | 80% | 4/5 |
| 3 or more | 20% | 1/5 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.30 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -3.7% | -36.7% |
| Units P/L | -0.33u | -2.20u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | — | CAN → POL → AUT |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Liu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Bucsa's 50%).
| Opponent | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Bondar | W 63 64 | W 64 63 |
| Zeynep Sonmez | W 75 63 | L 16 76 26 |
| Ella Seidel | L 67 36 | L 16 46 |
| Anastasiia Sobolieva | W 46 63 76 | W 62 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yulia Putintseva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Sinja Kraus
Nordea Open - Bastad · 1st Round
Jul 7
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Zeynep Sonmez
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Hanne Vandewinkel
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elena Pridankina
Wimbledon
Jun 25
Kaitlin Quevedo
Wimbledon
Jun 24
Despina Papamichail
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Darja Vidmanova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Anna Bondar
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Maja Chwalinska
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Panna Udvardy
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Moyuka Uchijima
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Polina Kudermetova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Susan Bandecchi
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 25
Shuai Zhang
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg · 1st Round
May 19
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–42 matches
| Metric | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 44% |
| Sets won | 56% | 48% |
| Games won | 52% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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