Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Cristina Bucsa will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Kia Arena. 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 Bianca Vanessa Andreescu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is the pick to win this match.
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu -> 1.182
Cristina Bucsa -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Cristina Bucsa
There is no head to head record between Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-8 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-16 | 9-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-13 | 7-5 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-12 | 14-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Bianca got to the 2nd round after beating Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Andreescu had a good straight sets win against Bouzkova (6-2 6-4). During the match, Andreescu scored 66 points vs Bouzkova’s 50. Andreescu was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Andreescu couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of her 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Andreescu broke Bouzkova 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Andreescu has a fantastic record in the last 7 years having won 70% of her matches (177-75). 2-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Andreescu has a compiled115-37 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Bianca has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-26 | 11-15 | 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 |
| 2020 | 14-13 | 4-3 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100 (career-high), Bucsa reached the 2nd round after beating Kaylah Mcphee 6-4 6-0, Ashlyn Krueger 6-2 6-0, Nao Hibino 7-610 6-2 and Eva Lys 2-6 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round against Lys, Cristina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 6-2). During the match Bucsa scored 84 points vs Lys’s 69. Bucsa was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Bucsa fired 4 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 61% of her first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Cristina broke Lys 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
The Spaniard has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Andreescu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 73 |
| Pts | 66-50 | 287-214 |
| Total Points | 116 | 501 |
| Winners | 26 | 99 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Andreescu played 1 match while Bucsa competed in 4 matches. Bucsa started her run from the qualifications while Andreescu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Cristina Bucsa dropped 1 set while Bianca Vanessa Andreescu hasn’t lost a set so far. Andreescu has played 7 set(s) less than Bucsa (2 vs 9). Therefore, Andreescu played 55 games less than Bucsa. The Canadian scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Cristina made 99 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Andreescu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 156/250 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 99/156 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 54/94 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 57% |
Andreescu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bucsa made 4 aces (1 per match). Andreescu won 74% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 63% of the points on 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 | Andreescu | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 21 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 21/41 |
| % Converted | 60% | 51% |
| Conceded | 3 | 25 |
| Saved | 3 | 18 |
| % Saved | 100% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Bianca broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Andreescu was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Bucsa broke her opponents 21 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.
| Andreescu | |||
| R1 Bouzkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 66-50 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucsa | ||||||
| Q1 Mcphee |
Q2 Krueger |
Q3 Hibino |
R1 Lys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-2 6-0 | 7-610 6-2 | 2-6 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 73 | |
| pts | 58-39 | 52-25 | 93-81 | 84-69 | 287-214 | |
| Total points | 97 | 77 | 174 | 153 | 501 | |
| Winners | 21 | 17 | 31 | 30 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% | 33% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 28/36 | 47/80 | 49/80 | 156/250 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 78% | 59% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 17/28 | 31/47 | 30/49 | 99/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 61% | 66% | 61% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 8/8 | 17/33 | 16/31 | 54/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 100% | 52% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/9 | 4/10 | 6/15 | 21/41 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 67% | 40% | 40% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 5/8 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | 63% | 288% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
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