Cristina Bucsa vs Sonay KartalPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#38 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
31 meeting · sets 0–2
🇬🇧Sonay Kartal
#170 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
Cristina Bucsa and Sonay Kartal have met 1 time since 2026; Sonay Kartal leads 1–0. Across all meetings Bucsa has taken 0 sets to Kartal's 2. Their most recent meeting: Sonay Kartal won at Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bucsa | Kartal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cristina Bucsa | Sonay Kartal | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 15/20 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 12/41 | 30% | 7/23 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 8/19 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 100% | 15/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 80% | 12/15 |
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 (Bucsa 0, Kartal 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bucsa
🏹 Frontrunner
Kartal
💥 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
1 career meeting, newest first
Feb 2, 2026
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–7 | 3–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.88 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | +8.1% | +16.5% |
| Units P/L | +1.14u | +0.66u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 4 |
| Distance | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km | 654 mi · 1,053 km |
| Route | UKR → ROU | ROU → CZE |
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
Kartal has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Bucsa's 20%).
| Opponent | Bucsa | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Anhelina Kalinina | L 46 36 | W 75 63 |
| Sara Bejlek | W 60 64 | L 06 26 |
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L | W 64 60 |
| Ella Seidel | L 16 46 | W 63 61 |
| Elina Svitolina | L 46 16 | L 46 76 67 |
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
Anhelina Kalinina
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 12
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Xin Yu Wang
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 4th Round
Mar 11
Madison Keys
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 3rd Round
Mar 9
Emma Navarro
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 2nd Round
Mar 7
Lanlana Tararudee
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 23–41 matches
| Metric | Bucsa | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 70% |
| Sets won | 50% | 66% |
| Games won | 51% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bucsa | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bucsa | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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