Celine Simunyu and Cristina Bucsa will play each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Court 7. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristina Bucsa is the pick to win this match.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.01
Celine Simunyu -> 12.25
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Prediction and head to head Celine Simunyu vs. Cristina Bucsa
There is no head to head record between Celine Simunyu and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Celine Simunyu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 7-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-23 | 2-7 | 20-15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-10 | 0-2 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Irish will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in the W35 Hammamet where she lost 6-1 6-0 to Jones in the 1st round on the 14th of February.
Simunyu has an overall 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about her overall career, Simunyu has an overall 51-43 record. She has a negative 2-9 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Simunyu has never competed in this tournament before.
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 14-13 | 4-3 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, Bucsa will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Rybakina in the quarter on the 9th of February.
The Spaniard has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The Spaniard has an overall 276-183 record. She has a positive 92-52 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-74 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Markus ErikssonEriksson – Laurent RochetteRochette (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Mark VervoortVervoort (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Takashi SaitoSaito (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Lauri KiiskiKiiski (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabrizio OrnagoOrnago – Ristomatti LanneLanne (6-76 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Antoine BellierBellier – Eduardo DischingerDischinger (6-75 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jonathan MridhaMridha – Andrey YakovlevYakovlev (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Lucas RenardRenard (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
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