Cristina Bucsa vs Yuliia StarodubtsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa
#38 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
33 meetings · sets 4–0
🇺🇦Yuliia Starodubtseva
#44 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
3Cristina Bucsa and Yuliia Starodubtseva have met 3 times since 2024; Cristina Bucsa leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at French Open - Paris in 2024 on clay. Across all meetings Bucsa has taken 4 sets to Starodubtseva's 0. Their most recent meeting: Yuliia Starodubtseva won at Miami Open - Miami (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bucsa | Starodubtseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cristina Bucsa | Yuliia Starodubtseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 15/20 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 7/21 | 52% | 15/29 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 12/41 | 38% | 23/60 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 8/19 | 42% | 15/36 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 54% | 7/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 77% | 27/35 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 66% | 23/35 |
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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bucsa 2, Starodubtseva 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bucsa
🏹 Frontrunner
Starodubtseva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,750 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Cristina Bucsa.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Mar 20, 2026
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jun 17, 2025
Rothesay Open - Nottingham
G Grass · 1st Round
May 27, 2024
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bucsa | Starodubtseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cristina Bucsa | Yuliia Starodubtseva | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 70% | 7/10 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 2/14 | 40% | 4/10 |
| 5 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 20% | 2/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–7 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.88 | 2.64 |
| ROI % | +8.1% | -11.4% |
| Units P/L | +1.14u | -1.14u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bucsa | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 4 | 1 |
| Distance | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | UKR → ROU | 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
Starodubtseva has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Bucsa's 22%).
| Opponent | Bucsa | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Ella Seidel | L 16 46 | W 62 62 |
| Elise Mertens | L 26 16 | L 16 46 |
| Maya Joint | W 63 61 | L 64 16 36 |
| Moyuka Uchijima | L 36 46 | W 63 16 63 |
| Anhelina Kalinina | L 46 36 | L 36 67 |
| Shuai Zhang | L 62 67 57 | W 62 61 |
| Mccartney Kessler | L 63 57 36 | W 64 64 |
| Antonia Ruzic | W 61 60 | W 62 62 |
| Sonay Kartal | L 36 67 | L 46 06 |
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
Alina Charaeva
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Maria Sakkari
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Ella Seidel
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Elise Mertens
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Janice Tjen
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 26
Lilli Tagger
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 24
Daria Snigur
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–60 matches
| Metric | Bucsa | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 52% |
| Sets won | 50% | 54% |
| Games won | 51% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bucsa | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bucsa | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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