Cristina Bucsa and Mariam Bolkvadze will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Viking Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Court 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristina Bucsa who should win in 2 sets.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.34
Mariam Bolkvadze -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Mariam Bolkvadze
This will be the 3rd time that Cristina Bucsa and Mariam Bolkvadze play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Bucsa and Bolkvadze (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Bucsa won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in the W60 Les Franqueses Del Valles back in 2019.
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-31 | 24-20 | 2-6 | 2-1 | 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. 128, the Spaniard will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match in Nottingham where she lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Zhang in the 1st round on the 7th of June.
Cristina has an overall 21-14 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W25 Le Havre.
Talking about her overall career, Cristina has an overall 207-130 record. She has a positive 9-5 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Bucsa has never competed in this tournament before.
Mariam Bolkvadze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-17 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 11-6 | 5-4 | 5-2 |
| 2024 | 42-21 | 22-11 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-8 | 20-5 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-33 | 6-13 | 0-7 | 8-8 | 2-4 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 23-12 | 2-7 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, Bolkvadze will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match in Hertogenbosch where she lost 6-3 7-6(3) to Bandecchi in the qualifications on the 4th of June.
Mariam has a composed 11-17 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Mariam’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W25 Loughborough.
In terms of her career, Mariam has an overall 221-144 record. She has a flat 9-9 record on grass.
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Lukas LackoLacko – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Yan BaiBai (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Andre SaSa (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Franko SkugorSkugor (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max PurcellPurcell – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Donna VekicVekic – Katie SwanSwan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Freya ChristieChristie – Gabriela TalabaTalaba (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandra KrunicKrunic – Anastasia KulikovaKulikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jana FettFett – Qiang WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariam BolkvadzeBolkvadze – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Emily AppletonAppleton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emina BektasBektas – Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eden SilvaSilva – Katarzyna KawaKawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sarah Beth GreyBeth Grey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Astra SharmaSharma (0-0) – H2H and prediction