Cristina Bucsa and Francesca Curmi will face off in the 1st round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on Court 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.164
Francesca Curmi -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Francesca Curmi

There is no head to head record between Cristina Bucsa and Francesca Curmi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

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. 81, Bucsa will start her run in Palermo after she played her last match in the Contrexeville where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Ferro in the quarter on the 14th of July.

Bucsa has an overall 17-17 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Bucsa has an overall 252-164 record. She has a positive 99-75 record on clay.

Previously in Palermo

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

Palermo
Bucsa's Record

Francesca Curmi

Francesca Curmi

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Rank
367
High
299
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-21 3-4 14-9 9-5 0-0 2-3
2024 24-24 8-5 15-16 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 35-26 11-8 13-14 7-4 0-0 4-0
2022 62-22 34-11 26-9 1-1 0-0 1-1
2021 22-12 20-10 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 326, Curmi got to the 1st round after defeating Giada Di Paola 6-0 6-0.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W25+H Tossa de Mar where she beat Georgina Garcia-Perez in the final 6-2 7-6(2).

The Maltese has a composed 22-13 win-loss record in 2023, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Palermo
Curmi's Record

Tennis Scores in Palermo

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