Cristina Bucsa and Polina Kudermetova will square off in the 1st round of the Ningbo Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on Grandstand. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Polina Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Polina Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Polina Kudermetova -> 1.89
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Polina Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Cristina Bucsa and Polina Kudermetova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 5-7 7-6(4) 6-0 in the 1st round in Washington back in July 2026.
Highlights Polina Kudermetova vs Cristina Bucsa – Washington 28-July-2026
Cristina Bucsa
14 - 21win/loss
38
30
LLLLLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14-21 | 14-15 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 38, Cristina will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-4 5-7 6-3 to Yastremska in the 1st round on the 13th of October.
Cristina has a compiled 14-21 win-loss record in 2026, 14-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Merida where she defeated Magdalena Frech in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 345-259 record. She has a positive 138-99 record on hard.
Previously in Ningbo
Bucsa has never competed in this tournament before.
Polina Kudermetova
39 - 22win/loss
105
54
WWLLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-22 | 15-11 | 19-9 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 20-27 | 18-18 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-35 | 28-13 | 21-14 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 33-26 | 5-5 | 13-13 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 54-19 | 30-14 | 8-3 | 16-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Polina got to the 1st round after defeating Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-3 6-4 and Anastasia Zakharova 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-3 6-3). During the match Kudermetova scored 66 points vs Zakharova’s 52. The Uzbek was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova bagged 9 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 45% of her first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Zakharova 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Uzbek started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
WTA Ningbo - Polina Kudermetova's projected path
Polina’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra and the Oeiras.
The Uzbek has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2026, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ningbo
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Daria SnigurSnigur (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Belinda BencicBencic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (2-2) – H2H and prediction
