Cristina Bucsa and Katharina Gerlach will face off in the 2nd round of Altenkirchen (W25) for the 3rd time of their career. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristina Bucsa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristina Bucsa is the pick to win this match.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.32
Katharina Gerlach -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Katharina Gerlach
This will be the 3rd time that Cristina Bucsa and Katharina Gerlach play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on carpet.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bucsa won 2-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in the 1100179596 back in 2019.
Cristina Bucsa
Ranked no. 164, Bucsa got to the 2nd round after beating Jia-Jing Lu 3-6 7-64 7-66.
In the 1st round against Lu, Cristina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 7-66). During the match Bucsa scored 126 points vs Lu’s 122. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bucsa scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 69% of her first serves in, winning 63% (55/87) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Lu 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Bucsa has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of her matches (161-94). 1-0 on carpet in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bucsa has a 12-10 match record in the last 6 years on carpet.
Bucsa has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Altenkirchen (W25)
The Spaniard didn’t play in the Altenkirchen (W25) in 2020.
Katharina Gerlach
Ranked no. 249, Katharina got to the 2nd round after beating Shiho Akita 6-0 5-7 10-8 and Dalma Galfi 7-61 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gerlach had a good straight sets win against Galfi (7-61 6-3). During the match Gerlach scored 67 points vs Galfi’s 63. Katharina was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Gerlach made 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Katharina Gerlach conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Gerlach put 63% of her first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Katharina broke Galfi twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).
Katharina has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bucsa | Gerlach |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 58 |
| Pts | 126-122 | 67-63 |
| Total Points | 248 | 130 |
| Winners | 55 | 36 |
| %Winners | 44% | 54% |
Bucsa played 1 match while Gerlach competed in 3 matches. Gerlach started her run from the qualifications while Bucsa had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Cristina Bucsa conceded 1 set, while Katharina Gerlach dropped 3 sets. Bucsa has played 4 set(s) less than Gerlach (3 vs 7). Therefore, Bucsa played 28 games less than Gerlach. The Spaniard scored 55 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gerlach struck 36 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bucsa | Gerlach |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 87/127 | 45/72 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 55/87 | 36/45 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 13/27 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 48% |
Bucsa scored 1 ace . Gerlach also fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Bucsa won 63% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Gerlach won 80% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bucsa | Gerlach |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 57% | 67% |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Cristina broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Cristina surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponents twice with a 67% conversion rate. Katharina was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bucsa | |||
| R1 Lu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 126-122 | 126-122 | |
| Total points | 248 | 248 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 87/127 | 87/127 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 55/87 | 55/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Gerlach | |||||
| Q1 Akita |
Q3 Waltert |
R1 Galfi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 5-7 10-8 | 6-1 6-0 | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 13 | 22 | 58 | |
| pts | – | – | 67-63 | 67-63 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |||
| %Winners | NAN% | NAN% | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | / | / | 45/72 | 45/72 | |
| % 1st in | – | – | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | / | / | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | – | – | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | / | / | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | – | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |||
| Converted | / | / | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | – | – | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saved | 0/ | 0/ | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
Head 2 Head
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