Marta Kostyuk and Cristina Bucsa will face off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.31
Cristina Bucsa -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Cristina Bucsa

There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 60, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Federica Di Sarra 7-6⁴ 4-0 ret..

In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Di Sarra (7-6⁴ 4-0 ret.). During the match, Kostyuk scored 70 points vs Di Sarra’s 59. Marta was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kostyuk bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 59% of her first serves in, winning 50% (17/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Marta broke Di Sarra 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Kostyuk has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (142-74). 2-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kostyuk has a composed61-25 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Ukrainian has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 131, Bucsa reached the qualifications after beating Valeria Savinykh 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Bucsa had a good straight sets win against Savinykh (6-1 6-2). During the match Bucsa scored 55 points vs Savinykh’s 31. Bucsa was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 78% of her first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Savinykh 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W25 Le Havre.

Cristina has an overall 15-10 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kostyuk	Bucsa
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	17	15
Pts	70-59	55-31
Total Points	129	86
Winners	17	20
%Winners	24%	36%

Both Kostyuk and Bucsa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Kostyuk has played 1 set more than Bucsa (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kostyuk played 2 games more than Bucsa. Marta scored 17 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 20 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kostyuk	Bucsa
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	34/58	32/41
%1st in	59%	78%
1st pts	17/34	20/32
%1st pts	50%	63%
2nd pts	12/24	5/9
%2nd pts	50%	56%

Kostyuk made 2 aces . Bucsa recorded 3 aces . Kostyuk won 50% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 63% of the points behind 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	Kostyuk	Bucsa
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/9
% Converted	58%	78%
Conceded	8	5
Saved	3	3
% Saved	38%	60%
Times Broken	5	2

Kostyuk broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kostyuk lost her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Bucsa broke her opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Bucsa conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Kostyuk
	Q1 Di Sarra	Total
Score	7-64 4-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	70-59	70-59
Total points	129	129
Winners	17	17
%Winners	24%	24%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	34/58	34/58
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	17/34	17/34
% 1st pts	50%	50%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	3/8	3
Saved %	38%	38%
Times Broken	5	5

Bucsa
	Q1 Savinykh	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	55-31	55-31
Total points	86	86
Winners	20	20
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/41	32/41
% 1st in	78%	78%
1st pts	20/32	20/32
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	5/9	5/9
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/9	7/9
Converted %	78%	78%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Michael LinzerLinzer (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Miljan ZekicZekic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6⁴ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Santiago GiraldoGiraldo – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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