Kristyna Pliskova and Cristina Bucsa will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Qatar Total Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kristyna Pliskova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kristyna Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Kristyna Pliskova -> 1.37
Cristina Bucsa -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Kristyna Pliskova vs. Cristina Bucsa
There is no head to head record between Kristyna Pliskova and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kristyna Pliskova
Ranked no. 75, Pliskova reached the qualifications after beating Darija Jurak 6-4 6-2 and Lin Zhu 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Pliskova had a good straight sets win against Zhu (6-2 6-1). During the match Pliskova scored 60 points vs Zhu’s 37. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova blasted 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kristyna Pliskova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 75% of her first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 15% (2/13) on the 2nd serve. Kristyna broke Zhu 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pliskova hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (286-223). 2-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pliskova has a 111-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Pliskova has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.
Cristina Bucsa
Ranked no. 166, Cristina reached the qualifications after beating Martina Caregaro 6-1 6-2 and Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (6-3 7-5). During the match Bucsa scored 73 points vs Krejcikova’s 63. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Bucsa scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 70% of her first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Krejcikova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bucsa hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Spaniard has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 36 |
| Pts | 126-87 | 139-110 |
| Total Points | 213 | 249 |
| Winners | 58 | 52 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Pliskova and Bucsa played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pliskova and Bucsa have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pliskova played 3 games less than Bucsa. The Czech scored 58 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 52 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 71/98 | 81/125 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 58/71 | 52/81 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 20/44 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 45% |
Pliskova recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Bucsa scored 4 aces (2 per match). Pliskova won 82% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 12 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Czech broke her opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Cristina broke her opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | ||||
| Q1 Jurak |
Q2 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 60-37 | 126-87 | |
| Total points | 116 | 97 | 213 | |
| Winners | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 52% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 40/53 | 71/98 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 75% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 31/40 | 58/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 78% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 2/13 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 15% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/6 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 83% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bucsa | ||||
| Q1 Caregaro |
Q2 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 73-63 | 139-110 | |
| Total points | 113 | 136 | 249 | |
| Winners | 19 | 33 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 45% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/48 | 54/77 | 81/125 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 33/54 | 52/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 61% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 11/23 | 20/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 48% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 5/9 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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