Claire Liu vs Cristina BucsaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Claire Liu
#96 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#38 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3Claire 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 | 61% | 23/38 | 75% | 15/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 41% | 9/22 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 24/60 | 29% | 12/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 19/41 | 42% | 8/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 12/18 | 57% | 12/21 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 38% | 6/16 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 27/32 | 86% | 19/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 23/32 | 68% | 15/22 |
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 (50% vs 50%, 1,247 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 | 90% | 9/10 | 71% | 10/14 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 6/10 | 14% | 2/14 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 7% | 1/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/14 |
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 | 7–5 | 7–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.55 | 2.88 |
| ROI % | -12.7% | +8.1% |
| Units P/L | -1.52u | +1.14u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 4 |
| Distance | — | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km |
| Route | BRA → ROU → CZE | UKR → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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 (71% vs Bucsa's 43%).
| Opponent | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Coco Gauff | L 36 76 26 | L 36 46 |
| Himeno Sakatsume | W 63 57 63 | W 76 67 76 |
| Anna Bondar | W 63 64 | W 64 63 |
| Moyuka Uchijima | W | L 36 46 |
| 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
Lanlana Tararudee
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Rebecca Sramkova
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 2nd Round
Oct 7
Elsa Jacquemot
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 5
Mary Stoiana
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 1st Round
Sep 16
Anna Blinkova
Kia Open - Barranquilla · Final
Sep 12
Leolia Jeanjean
Kia Open - Barranquilla · Semifinals
Sep 11
Kaitlin Quevedo
Kia Open - Barranquilla · Quarterfinals
Sep 10
Varvara Lepchenko
Kia Open - Barranquilla · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Xinran Sun
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Iva Jovic
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Semifinals
Sep 18
Sara Bejlek
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals
Sep 17
Panna Udvardy
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 15
Bianca Andreescu
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 13
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Himeno Sakatsume
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Sara Bejlek
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–60 matches
| Metric | Liu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 49% |
| Sets won | 59% | 50% |
| Games won | 54% | 51% |
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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