Cristina Bucsa vs Donna VekicPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#38 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
34 meetings · sets 7–2
🇭🇷Donna Vekic
#36 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
Cristina Bucsa and Donna Vekic have met 4 times since 2023; Cristina Bucsa leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Rothesay Open - Nottingham in 2023 on grass. On grass courts they are level 1–1. On hard courts Bucsa leads 2–0. Bucsa has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Bucsa has taken 7 sets to Vekic's 2. Their most recent meeting: Cristina Bucsa won at Merida Open Akron - Merida (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bucsa | Vekic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cristina Bucsa | Donna Vekic | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 15/20 | 76% | 22/29 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 12/40 | 35% | 18/51 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 8/19 | 50% | 17/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 12/20 | 76% | 13/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 6/12 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 73% | 27/37 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 59% | 22/37 |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bucsa 3, Vekic 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bucsa
🏹 Frontrunner
Vekic
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 728 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Feb 24, 2026
Merida Open Akron - Merida
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 25, 2025
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 2, 2025
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 2nd Round
Jun 12, 2023
Rothesay Open - Nottingham
G Grass · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bucsa | Vekic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cristina Bucsa | Donna Vekic | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 100% | 8/8 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 2/14 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 5 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 63% | 5/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–7 | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.88 | 2.61 |
| ROI % | +8.1% | -56.3% |
| Units P/L | +1.14u | -4.50u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 3 |
| Distance | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | UKR → ROU | SGP → 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
Bucsa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Vekic's 0%).
| Opponent | Bucsa | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Tiphanie Lemaitre | W 62 62 | L 63 16 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Iga Swiatek
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Lin Zhu
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Xin Yu Wang
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ann Li
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Talia Gibson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 25
Xinyu Wang
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Viktorija Golubic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 40–51 matches
| Metric | Bucsa | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 57% |
| Sets won | 51% | 57% |
| Games won | 51% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bucsa | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bucsa | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 1 |
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