Ekaterina Alexandrova and Cristina Bucsa will play each other in the 1st round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on Court 1. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.56
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Cristina Bucsa
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
13 - 12win/loss
18
15
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-13 | 9-7 | 1-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Alexandrova will start her run in Strasbourg after she played her last match in Rome where she lost 6-0 6-1 to Sasnovich in the 2nd round on the 9th of May.
Ekaterina has a compiled 12-12 win-loss record in 2024, 0-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Ekaterina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Linz.
Talking about her overall career, Ekaterina has an overall 313-204 record. She has a positive 86-66 record on clay.
Previously in Strasbourg
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
Cristina Bucsa
13 - 15win/loss
72
56
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 7-10 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 72, the Spaniard reached the 1st round after beating Sofia Shapatava 6-3 6-3
and Marie Bouzkova 6-4 2-6 6-4.In the qualifications, Cristina defeated Bouzkova (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Bucsa scored less points (1) than Bouzkova. In fact, the world no. 18 won 98 points vs Bouzkova’s. That means that Bucsa was more focused during the important points. Cristina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Bucsa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 9 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 73% of her first serves in, winning 50% (38/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (9/28) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Bouzkova 9 times after converting 56% of her break points (9/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Bucsa has a compiled 13-14 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Clara BurelBurel – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-5 0-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca VanniVanni – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-75 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi (6-3 6-73 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Tom Kocevar-DesmanKocevar-Desman (6-0 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Vaclav SafranekSafranek (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Frederik NielsenNielsen (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Markus ErikssonEriksson – Viktor GalovicGalovic (6-4 6-76 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Aljaz Jakob KapljaJakob Kaplja (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Nik RazborsekRazborsek (6-73 7-5 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Christopher HeymanHeyman (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Dennis NovakNovak (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Aljaz RadinskiRadinski (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sloane StephensStephens – Magdalena FrechFrech (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Alize CornetCornet (1-0) – H2H and prediction