Yulia Putintseva and Cristina Bucsa will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on BUTCH BUCHHOLZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Putintseva who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yulia Putintseva is the pick to win this match.
Yulia Putintseva -> 1.47
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Cristina Bucsa

There is no head to head record between Yulia Putintseva and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Yulia Putintseva

Yulia Putintseva

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Rank
24
High
20
LWWLWLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-10 7-8 1-2 2-0 0-0 0-0
2024 40-22 22-15 9-4 1-2 8-1 0-0
2023 34-27 19-17 13-8 2-0 0-2 0-0
2022 26-21 9-11 15-7 1-1 1-2 0-0
2021 32-24 14-12 12-8 5-2 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 68, Yulia will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Swiatek in the 4th round on the 12th of March.

Putintseva has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Yulia has an overall 422-320 record. She has a positive 204-179 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See her history.

Miami
Putintseva's Record

Cristina Bucsa

Cristina Bucsa

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Rank
94
High
56
LLWWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-13 9-9 2-3 2-1 0-0 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. 74, Bucsa will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-2 6-0 to Dolehide in the 1st round on the 7th of March.

Cristina has an aggregate 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Spaniard has an overall 277-186 record. She has a positive 93-55 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Miami
Bucsa's Record

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