Anna Kalinskaya and Cristina Bucsa will play each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Kalinskaya who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anna Kalinskaya is the pick to win this match.
Anna Kalinskaya -> 1.21
Cristina Bucsa -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Anna Kalinskaya vs. Cristina Bucsa
This will be the 2nd time that Anna Kalinskaya and Cristina Bucsa fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kalinskaya won 6-0 6-2 in the qualifications in Adelaide back in January 2024.
Anna Kalinskaya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-13 | 18-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-18 | 16-15 | 7-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-20 | 22-10 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 19-12 | 3-7 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Kalinskaya reached the 2nd round after defeating Rebeka Masarova 6-4 6-3, Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-2 and Storm Hunter 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kalinskaya had a good straight sets win against Sanders (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kalinskaya scored 57 points vs Sanders’s 31. Anna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kalinskaya managed to score 3 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Anna Kalinskaya was quite effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of her 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Sanders 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Kalinskaya has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (271-162). 11-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kalinskaya has a compiled 140-71 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Anna has an overall 11-4 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 7-10 | 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. 67, Bucsa reached the 2nd round after beating Celine Simunyu 6-0 6-3.
The Spaniard has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kalinskaya | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 15 |
| Pts | 197-142 | 57-32 |
| Total Points | 339 | 89 |
| Winners | 94 | 18 |
| %Winners | 48% | 32% |
Kalinskaya played 3 matches while Bucsa competed in 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Kalinskaya has played 4 sets more than Bucsa (6 vs 2). Therefore, Kalinskaya played 35 games more than Bucsa. Anna scored 94 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Bucsa recorded 18 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kalinskaya | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 132/181 | 23/36 |
| %1st in | 73% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 94/132 | 18/23 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/49 | 8/13 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 62% |
Kalinskaya scored 6 aces (2 per match). Bucsa made 3 aces . Kalinskaya won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kalinskaya | Bucsa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 42% | 55% |
| Conceded | 20 | 2 |
| Saved | 20 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Russian broke her opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kalinskaya was rock solid on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 20 break points. The Spaniard broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bucsa conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kalinskaya | |||||
| Q1 Masarova |
Q3 Rakhimova |
R1 Sanders |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 15 | 50 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 61-44 | 57-31 | 197-142 | |
| Total points | 146 | 105 | 88 | 339 | |
| Winners | 34 | 29 | 31 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% | 54% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 39/59 | 41/50 | 132/181 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 66% | 82% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 29/39 | 31/41 | 94/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 74% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 11/20 | 5/9 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 55% | 56% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 57% | 67% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 7/7 | 4/4 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucsa | |||||
| Q1 Simunyu |
Q3 Sanders |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 | 43 | ||
| pts | 57-32 | – | 57-32 | ||
| Total points | 89 | 0 | 89 | ||
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |||
| %Winners | 32% | 0% | 32% | ||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1st in | 23/36 | / | 23/36 | ||
| % 1st in | 64% | 0% | 64% | ||
| 1st pts | 18/23 | / | 18/23 | ||
| % 1st pts | 78% | 0% | 78% | ||
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | / | 8/13 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 0% | 62% | ||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |||
| Converted | 6/11 | / | 6/11 | ||
| Converted % | 55% | 0% | 55% | ||
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |||
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/ | 1 | ||
| Saved % | 50% | – | 17% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
Head 2 Head
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