Cristina Bucșa

Cristina Bucșa
	Bucșa at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Spain (2015–) ; Moldova (2013–15)
Born	1 January 1998; Chișinău, Moldova
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,011,782
Singles
Career record	284–176 (61.7%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 66 (8 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 66 (8 May 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
French Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	137–90 (60.4%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 61 (6 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 61 (6 February 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
	Last updated on: 24 April 2023.

Cristina Bucșa (born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player.

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70, achieved on 24 April 2023, and of world No. 61 in the doubles rankings, set on 6 February 2023.

Professional career

2018: First pro title

Bucșa won her first major ITF Circuit title 2018 at L'Open de Saint-Malo, in the doubles draw partnering María Fernanda Herazo.

2021: Grand Slam debut

She qualified for a Grand Slam singles main draw for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open.[1]

2022: First Grand Slam win and WTA 1000 debut

At the 2022 French Open, Bucșa qualified into her second major main draw for the season following the Australian Open.[2]

She won her first major match at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, before losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.[3]

2023: Top 100, first Grand Slam 3rd round, maiden WTA 1000 singles win & 250 doubles title

She reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023. Next, she qualified for the Australian Open and recorded her first two wins at this major defeating Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu.[4] She lost to top seed and world No. 1, Iga Swiatek.[5]

At the Lyon Open, she won her maiden doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 61, on 6 February 2023.

At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the second round of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career as a qualifier defeating Katie Swan.

Personal life and background

Cristina is coached by her father, Ion Bucșa. She trains and lives in Cantabria, Spain. Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. Favorite surface to play on is grass.[6][3]

Performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Italian Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	1R	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q2	NH	Q3	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	A	1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	0 / 5	3–5	38%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1]	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	–
Miami Open	A	NH	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	NH	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH			A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	6	9	6	Career total: 21
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–6	4–9	5–6	0 / 21	10–21	32%
Year-end ranking	164	161	159	107		$759,169

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	NH	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1]	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH			A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	2	5	5	Career total: 14
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	1	1	Career total: 2
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–1	1–2	5–5	7–4	1 / 14	13–13	45%
Year-end ranking	246	270	242	151

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2022	Slovenia Open	WTA 250	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Marta Kostyuk Tereza Martincová	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2023	Lyon Open, France	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Bibiane Schoofs	Olga Danilović Alexandra Panova	7–6^(7–5), 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2021	Concord Open, U.S.	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Peangtarn Plipuech Jessy Rompies	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [8–10]
Win	1–1	Dec 2022	Andorrà Open	Hard (i)	Weronika Falkowska	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	7–6^(7–4), 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2015	ITF Palma Nova, Spain	10,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	5–7, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2016	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–2	May 2017	ITF Santarém, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–2	Jul 2018	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Jil Teichmann	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Loss	2–3	Nov 2018	ITF Nules, Spain	15,000	Clay	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	2–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	2–4	May 2019	Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain	25,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–4	Jul 2019	ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	25,000	Hard	Shalimar Talbi	6–0, 6–4
Win	4–4	Nov 2019	Open Nantes, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Tamara Korpatsch	6–2, 6–7^(11–13), 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	4–5	Sep 2020	Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	6–4, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$15,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Eva Guerrero Álvarez	Priscilla Hon Aliona Bolsova	0–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2017	ITF Santarém, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Ksenia Kuznetsova	Valeria Savinykh Valeriya Strakhova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2017	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Noelia Zeballos	Andrea Gámiz Aleksandrina Naydenova	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Sep 2017	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Cristina Adamescu	Sara Cakarevic Magali Kempen	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	0–5	Sep 2017	Open de Biarritz, France	80,000	Clay	Isabelle Wallace	Irina Bara Mihaela Buzărnescu	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–6	Nov 2017	ITF Benicar, Spain	10,000	Clay	Elixane Lechemia	Noelia Bouzó Zanotti Ángeles Moreno Barranquero	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–6	Nov 2017	Open de Valencia, Spain	25,000	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Georgina García Pérez Andrea Gámiz	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	2–6	May 2018	Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain	25,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	2–7	Jun 2018	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	María Fernanda Herazo	Eleni Kordolaimi Elixane Lechemia	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	2–8	Jul 2018	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Ramu Ueda	Montserrat Gonzalez Laura Pigossi	5–7, 0–6
Win	3–8	Sep 2018	L'Open de Saint-Malo, France	60.000	Clay	María Fernanda Herazo	Alexandra Cadanțu Diāna Marcinkēviča	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	3–9	Oct 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Michaëlla Krajicek Ingrid Neel	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–9	Nov 2018	ITF Nules, Spain	10,000	Clay	Claudia Hoste Ferrer	Marina Bassols Ribera Júlia Payola	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	5–9	Feb 2018	AK Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Carpet (i)	Rosalie van der Hoek	Marie Benoît Katarzyna Piter	5–7, 6–3, [12–10]
Win	6–9	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Georgina García Pérez	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	7–5, 7–5
Win	7–9	Apr 2019	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Marta Kostyuk	Sharon Fichman Jaimee Fourlis	6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	7–10	Nov 2019	ITF Saint-Étienne, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Julia Wachaczyk	Marina Melnikova Laura Ioana Paar	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), [9–11]
Win	8–10	Mar 2022	ITF Le Havre, France	25,000	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Diāna Marcinkēviča Chiara Scholl	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–10	Nov 2022	Open de Valencia, Spain	80,000+H	Clay	Ylena In-Albon	Irina Khromacheva Iryna Shymanovich	6–3, 6–2

Notes

The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

"Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
"Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up".
"Puntodebreak".
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/australian-open-roundup-jan-17-1.6717208
"Swiatek rolls, Rybakina bests Collins in Australian Open third round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
"Cristina Bucsa | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
"Cristina Bucsa [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.

External links

Cristina Bucșa at the Women's Tennis Association
Cristina Bucșa at the International Tennis Federation

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[DubaiDoha-8] The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[1] "Introducing the 2021 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes".

[2] "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up".

[bio-3] "Puntodebreak".

[4] ttps://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/australian-open-roundup-jan-17-1.6717208

[5] "Swiatek rolls, Rybakina bests Collins in Australian Open third round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-01-20.

[6] "Cristina Bucsa | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.

[7] "Cristina Bucsa [ESP] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.

Women's Tennis Association: Top Spanish female singles tennis players
as of 27 February 2023
1. Paula Badosa (22 3) 2. Nuria Párrizas (78 1) 3. Sara Sorribes (85 8) 4. Cristina Bucșa (86 ) 5. Rebeka Masarova (90 3)
6. Marina Bassols Ribera (124 2) 7 Garbiñe Muguruza (127 40) 8. Aliona Bolsova (148 2) 9. Leyre Romero Gormaz (169 3) 10. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (181 3)

Women's Tennis Association: Top Spanish female doubles tennis players
as of 27 February 2023
1. Cristina Bucșa (64 1) 2. Sara Sorribes (76 5) 3. Aliona Bolsova (85 2) 4. Rebeka Masarova (150 1) 5. Leyre Romero Gormaz (177 3)
6. Andrea Lázaro García (198 3) 7. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (227 ) 8. Ángela Fita Boluda (248 ) 9. Yvonne Cavallé Reimers (262 2) 10. Rosa Vicens Mas (301 1)