Cristina Bucsa and Isabella Shinikova will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on Court 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.183
Isabella Shinikova -> 4.6

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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Isabella Shinikova

This will be the 2nd time that Cristina Bucsa and Isabella Shinikova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shinikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Shinikova won 7-5 6-0 in the qualifications in the Biarritz back in 2018.

Cristina Bucsa

Cristina Bucsa

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Rank
54
High
54
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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. 119 (career-high), Bucsa will start her run at the U.S. Open after she played her last match in the W60 Bronx where she lost 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 to Rakhimova in the quarter on the 19th of August.

Bucsa has an aggregate 36-23 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W25 Le Havre and the Contrexeville.

Talking about her overall career, Cristina has an overall 222-139 record. She has a positive 62-29 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See her history.

U.S. Open
Bucsa's Record

Isabella Shinikova

Isabella Shinikova

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
338
High
133
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-27 36-15 6-11 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 32-32 14-10 16-16 1-2 0-1 1-3
2023 48-28 25-16 15-7 5-3 0-0 3-2
2022 18-28 11-10 6-12 0-3 1-3 0-0
2021 29-28 15-11 6-11 7-4 1-1 0-1

Ranked no. 221, Isabella will start her run at the New York after she played her last match in Warsaw where she lost 7-6(9) 6-1 to Pigossi in the qualifications on the 23rd of July.

Shinikova has a composed 12-19 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Bulgarian has an overall 412-268 record. She has a positive 98-42 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See her history.

U.S. Open
Shinikova's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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