Rebecca Marino and Cristina Bucsa will face off in the qualifications of the Viking Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Ann Jones Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rebecca Marino who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rebecca Marino is the pick to win this match.
Rebecca Marino -> 1.73
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Rebecca Marino vs. Cristina Bucsa
There is no head to head record between Rebecca Marino and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rebecca Marino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-13 | 19-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-28 | 15-18 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-24 | 38-16 | 5-3 | 1-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 19-10 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Rebecca got to the qualifications after defeating Kimberly Birrell 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Marino had a good straight sets win against Birrell (6-2 6-4). During the match, Marino scored 61 points vs Birrell’s 47. Rebecca was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marino managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Rebecca Marino conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 60% of her first serves in, win 96% (27/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Rebecca broke Birrell 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Marino has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 67% of her matches (127-62). 2-1 on grass in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marino has a compiled2-1 record in the last 9 years on grass.
The Canadian has a composed 29-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-30 | 17-15 | 7-8 | 8-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-31 | 17-8 | 15-12 | 10-6 | 5-4 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 9-7 | 9-11 | 6-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 14-13 | 4-3 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, Bucsa got to the qualifications after defeating Mariam Bolkvadze 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Cristina had a good straight sets win against Bolkvadze (6-1 6-3). During the match Bucsa scored 72 points vs Bolkvadze’s 52. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Bucsa wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve once and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 81% of her first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Bolkvadze 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W25 Le Havre.
The Spaniard has a compiled 22-14 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marino | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 61-47 | 72-52 |
| Total Points | 108 | 124 |
| Winners | 27 | 34 |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% |
Both Marino and Bucsa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Marino and Bucsa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marino played 2 games more than Bucsa. Rebecca scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 34 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marino | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 54/67 |
| %1st in | 60% | 81% |
| 1st pts | 27/28 | 34/54 |
| %1st pts | 96% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 54% |
Marino blasted 6 aces . Bucsa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Marino won 96% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marino | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Marino broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Canadian very solid her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Bucsa broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Bucsa conceded her serve once and she saved 92% of the break points that she conceded.
| Marino | |||
| Q1 Birrell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 61-47 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/28 | 27/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucsa | |||
| Q1 Bolkvadze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 72-52 | 72-52 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/67 | 54/67 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 11/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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