Cristina Bucsa and Maya Joint will square off in the 2nd round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maya Joint who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maya Joint is the pick to win this match.
Maya Joint -> 1.7
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Maya Joint
This will be the 2nd time that Cristina Bucsa and Maya Joint face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bucsa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bucsa won 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal in Hong Kong back in 2025.
Highlights Cristina Bucsa vs Maya Joint – Hong Kong 01-November-2025
Cristina Bucsa
15 - 22win/loss
42
30
WLLLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15-22 | 15-16 | 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. 42, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Diane Parry 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Bucsa had a good straight sets win against Parry (7-5 6-1). During the match, Bucsa scored 73 points vs Parry’s 49. Bucsa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bucsa bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 74% of her first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Parry 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Bucsa has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (324-247). 15-16 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bucsa has an aggregate 134-98 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Merida where she defeated Magdalena Frech in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.
The Spaniard has a compiled 15-22 win-loss record in 2026, 15-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Maya Joint
21 - 26win/loss
94
28
WWWLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-26 | 19-18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-28 | 32-19 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, Maya reached the 2nd round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5, Mai Hontama 7-5 6-3 and Sorana Cirstea 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Maya had a good straight sets win against Cirstea (6-3 7-64). During the match Joint scored 74 points vs Cirstea’s 66. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Joint scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maya Joint lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Joint put 78% of her first serves in, winning 62% (36/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Cirstea 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Seoul.
Joint has an overall 21-26 win-loss record in 2026, 19-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bucsa | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 78 |
| Pts | 73-49 | 264-237 |
| Total Points | 122 | 501 |
| Winners | 34 | 120 |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% |
Bucsa played 1 match while Joint competed in 3 matches. Joint started her run from the qualifications while Bucsa had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Maya Joint surrendered 1 set while Cristina Bucsa hasn’t lost a set so far. Bucsa has played 5 set(s) less than Joint (2 vs 7). Therefore, Bucsa played 59 games less than Joint. The Spaniard scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 120 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bucsa | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 189/254 |
| %1st in | 74% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 120/189 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 37/65 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 57% |
Bucsa made 2 aces . Joint recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Bucsa won 81% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Joint won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bucsa | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 26 |
| Saved | 4 | 18 |
| % Saved | 80% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Cristina broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cristina surrendered her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Joint broke her opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Maya conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bucsa | |||
| R1 Parry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 73-49 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Joint | |||||
| Q1 Golubic |
Q3 Hontama |
R1 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 21 | 22 | 78 | |
| pts | 123-115 | 67-56 | 74-66 | 264-237 | |
| Total points | 238 | 123 | 140 | 501 | |
| Winners | 51 | 33 | 36 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 78/107 | 53/73 | 58/74 | 189/254 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | 78% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 51/78 | 33/53 | 36/58 | 120/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 62% | 62% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/20 | 7/16 | 37/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 75% | 44% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 3/4 | 4/8 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 75% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 5/6 | 4/7 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 83% | 57% | 209% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Diane ParryParry (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Ann LiLi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ingrid Neel/Giuliana OlmosNeel/Giuliana Olmos – Shuko Aoyama/En Shuo LiangAoyama/En Shuo Liang (4-6 6-4 10-8) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Himeno SakatsumeSakatsume (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tereza Mihalikova/Olivia NichollsMihalikova/Olivia Nicholls – Erin Routliffe/Aldila SutjiadiRoutliffe/Aldila Sutjiadi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Maya JointJoint – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandra EalaEala – Mika StojsavljevicStojsavljevic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Talia GibsonGibson – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Alycia ParksParks – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Himeno SakatsumeSakatsume (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Ann LiLi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Diane ParryParry (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Maya JointJoint – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (6-4 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elise MertensMertens (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
