Cristina Bucsa vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#38 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
34 meetings · sets 1–8
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
7w3Cristina Bucsa and Shuai Zhang have met 4 times since 2021; Shuai Zhang leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo in 2021 on clay. On clay courts Zhang leads 2–0. Zhang has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Bucsa has taken 1 sets to Zhang's 8. Their most recent meeting: Shuai Zhang won at Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bucsa | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cristina Bucsa | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 15/20 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 12/41 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 8/19 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 72% | 23/32 |
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 0, Zhang 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bucsa
🏹 Frontrunner
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 126 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
May 19, 2026
Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
C Clay · 1st Round
Aug 9, 2022
National Bank Open - Toronto
H Hard · 1st Round
Jun 7, 2022
Viking Open - Nottingham
G Grass · 1st Round
Jul 20, 2021
Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bucsa | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cristina Bucsa | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 2/14 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–7 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.88 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | +8.1% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | +1.14u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Across 7 shared opponents, both Bucsa and Zhang posted a 57% win rate.
| Opponent | Bucsa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca Andreescu | W 64 63 | W 76 76 |
| Himeno Sakatsume | W 76 67 76 | W 46 62 61 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 06 16 | L 36 46 |
| Magdalena Frech | W 61 46 64 | W 62 64 |
| Tiphanie Lemaitre | W 62 62 | W 63 62 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L | L 26 16 |
| Dayana Yastremska | L 46 64 67 | L 36 26 |
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
Leylah Fernandez
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Maria Timofeeva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ann Li
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Aryna Sabalenka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jelena Ostapenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–63 matches
| Metric | Bucsa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 52% |
| Sets won | 50% | 52% |
| Games won | 51% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bucsa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bucsa | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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