Mccartney Kessler and Cristina Bucsa will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the ATX Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mccartney Kessler who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.38
Cristina Bucsa -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Cristina Bucsa
There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mccartney Kessler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-24 | 27-16 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 28-13 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, Kessler got to the 2nd round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Golubic (6-2 7-5). During the match, Kessler scored 79 points vs Golubic’s 67. The American was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kessler managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 64% of her first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Kessler broke Golubic 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Kessler has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (142-74). 11-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kessler has a composed101-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hobart where she beat Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.
Mccartney has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Austin
Kessler has never competed in this tournament before.
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-32 | 24-20 | 2-6 | 5-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-29 | 14-18 | 8-7 | 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 |
Ranked no. 99, Bucsa got to the 2nd round after beating Sophie Chang 6-1 6-3, Maddison Inglis 6-3 6-0 and Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cristina had a good straight sets win against Pera (6-3 6-4). During the match Bucsa scored 75 points vs Pera’s 59. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Bucsa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Cristina Bucsa was quite effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Bucsa broke Pera 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Bucsa has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kessler | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 50 |
| Pts | 79-67 | 195-134 |
| Total Points | 146 | 329 |
| Winners | 30 | 74 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Kessler played 1 match while Bucsa competed in 3 matches. Bucsa started her run from the qualifications while Kessler had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kessler has played 4 set(s) less than Bucsa (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kessler played 30 games less than Bucsa. Mccartney scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 74 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kessler | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 98/160 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 74/98 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 35/62 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Kessler fired 3 aces . Bucsa scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Kessler won 67% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kessler | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Kessler broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kessler conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Cristina broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kessler | |||
| R1 Golubic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 79-67 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 45/70 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bucsa | |||||
| Q1 Chang |
Q3 Inglis |
R1 Pera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 19 | 50 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 67-44 | 75-59 | 195-134 | |
| Total points | 84 | 111 | 134 | 329 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 25 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/41 | 34/57 | 34/62 | 98/160 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 60% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 24/34 | 25/34 | 74/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 71% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 13/23 | 15/28 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 57% | 54% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/9 | 4/10 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 75% | 155% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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