Cristina Bucsa and Heather Watson will face off in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Stadium Court. 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 Cristina Bucsa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristina Bucsa is the pick to win this match.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.66
Heather Watson -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Heather Watson
There is no head to head record between Cristina Bucsa and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 7-6 | 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. 74, Bucsa reached the 2nd round after beating Ena Koike 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Xinyu Wang 5-7 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round against Wang, Bucsa recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-3). During the match, Bucsa scored 94 points vs Wang’s 70. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bucsa couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 66% of her first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Wang 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Bucsa has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (275-182). 5-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bucsa has an overall91-51 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Cristina has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-14 | 8-6 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 18-13 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 14-13 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-21 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, heather reached the 2nd round after defeating Sofia Kenin 3-6 6-1 6-1, Rebeka Masarova 3-6 7-63 6-1 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Watson had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-3 7-5). During the match Watson scored 68 points vs Kudermetova’s 61. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson recorded 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Heather Watson lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 71% of her first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Heather was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kudermetova 3 times.
Heather has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bucsa | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 73 |
| Pts | 184-149 | 246-203 |
| Total Points | 333 | 449 |
| Winners | 73 | 104 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Bucsa played 2 matches while Watson competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Cristina Bucsa conceded 2 sets, while Heather Watson lost 2 sets. Bucsa has played 2 set(s) less than Watson (6 vs 8). Therefore, Bucsa played 20 games less than Watson. Bucsa scored 73 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Heather blasted 104 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bucsa | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 111/167 | 146/224 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 73/111 | 104/146 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 27/56 | 47/78 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 60% |
Bucsa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watson fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Bucsa won 66% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bucsa | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/22 | 11/19 |
| % Converted | 59% | 58% |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 43% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 3 |
Bucsa broke her opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Bucsa lost her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Heather conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bucsa | |||||
| Q1 Koike |
Q3 Noskova |
R1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-61 | 5-7 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 27 | 76 | |
| pts | 90-79 | – | 94-70 | 184-149 | |
| Total points | 169 | 0 | 164 | 333 | |
| Winners | 35 | 38 | 73 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 0% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | 56/84 | / | 55/83 | 111/167 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 0% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | / | 38/55 | 73/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 0% | 69% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | / | 13/28 | 27/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 0% | 46% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 6/11 | / | 7/11 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 0% | 64% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 2/6 | 0/ | 4/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 50% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Watson | |||||
| Q1 Kenin |
Q3 Masarova |
R1 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 7-63 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 | 21 | 73 | |
| pts | 82-59 | 96-83 | 68-61 | 246-203 | |
| Total points | 141 | 179 | 129 | 449 | |
| Winners | 31 | 40 | 33 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 54/85 | 52/73 | 146/224 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 40/54 | 33/52 | 104/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 63% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 18/31 | 13/21 | 47/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 58% | 62% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/8 | 3/3 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 38% | 100% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 80% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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