Cristina Bucsa and Storm Hunter will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on Court 3. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristina Bucsa is the pick to win this match.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.7
Storm Hunter -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Storm Hunter
There is no head to head record between Cristina Bucsa and Storm Hunter since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-19 | 7-10 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 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, Cristina reached the qualifications after beating Celine Simunyu 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, Bucsa had a good straight sets win against Simunyu (6-0 6-3). During the match, Bucsa scored 57 points vs Simunyu’s 32. Bucsa was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bucsa recorded 3 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Cristina Bucsa was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (18/23) of her 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Bucsa broke Simunyu 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Bucsa has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (277-183). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bucsa has an overall93-52 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Cristina has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Storm Hunter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-5 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 9-4 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 17-12 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-15 | 10-7 | 11-5 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-7 | 6-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Storm got to the qualifications after defeating Martina Trevisan 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Trevisan (7-5 6-4). During the match Sanders scored 66 points vs Trevisan’s 55. Storm was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Sanders blasted 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Storm Hunter lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sanders put 67% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Sanders broke Trevisan 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Mumbai.
Sanders has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bucsa | Sanders |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 57-32 | 66-55 |
| Total Points | 89 | 121 |
| Winners | 18 | 29 |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% |
Both Bucsa and Sanders played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bucsa and Sanders have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bucsa played 7 games less than Sanders. Cristina scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 29 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bucsa | Sanders |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 23/36 | 41/61 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/20 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 40% |
Bucsa blasted 3 aces . Sanders recorded 6 aces . Bucsa won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sanders won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bucsa | Sanders |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 55% | 71% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Bucsa broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bucsa dropped her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Storm broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bucsa | |||
| Q1 Simunyu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-32 | 57-32 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 18/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanders | |||
| Q1 Trevisan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 66-55 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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