Cristina Bucsa vs Mccartney KesslerPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#38 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
32 meetings · sets 2–4
🇺🇸Mccartney Kessler
#95 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
7wCristina Bucsa and Mccartney Kessler have met 2 times since 2025; Mccartney Kessler leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at ATX Open - Austin in 2025 on hard. On hard courts Kessler leads 2–0. Kessler has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Bucsa has taken 2 sets to Kessler's 4. Their most recent meeting: Mccartney Kessler won at Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bucsa | Kessler | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cristina Bucsa | Mccartney Kessler | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 15/20 | 67% | 14/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 27% | 6/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 12/41 | 30% | 13/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 8/19 | 50% | 12/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 37% | 7/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 80% | 16/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 70% | 14/20 |
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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bucsa 0, Kessler 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bucsa
🏹 Frontrunner
Kessler
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 💥 Big Hitter 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
2 career meetings, newest first
Oct 20, 2025
Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 27, 2025
ATX Open - Austin
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bucsa | Kessler | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cristina Bucsa | Mccartney Kessler | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 100% | 5/5 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 2/14 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 5 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 40% | 2/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–7 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.88 | 1.83 |
| ROI % | +8.1% | -77.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.14u | -3.85u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km | — |
| Route | 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
Kessler has a higher win rate against shared opponents (38% vs Bucsa's 25%).
| Opponent | Bucsa | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Iva Jovic | L 46 16 | L 67 67 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 06 16 | L 16 67 |
| Anhelina Kalinina | L 46 36 | W 64 63 |
| Zeynep Sonmez | L 16 76 26 | L 67 06 |
| Elise Mertens | L 26 16 | L |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L | L 46 46 |
| Magdalena Frech | W 61 46 64 | W 26 64 62 |
| Emiliana Arango | W 62 64 | W 63 62 |
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
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Caty Mcnally
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Anna Kalinskaya
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Cadence Brace
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Renata Zarazua
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Aryna Sabalenka
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Oleksandra Oliynykova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Madison Keys
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–43 matches
| Metric | Bucsa | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 49% |
| Sets won | 50% | 48% |
| Games won | 51% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bucsa | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bucsa | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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