H2H, prediction of Leylah Annie Fernandez vs Cristina Bucsa at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Annie Fernandez and Bucsa will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 15th of January

Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Cristina Bucsa

Leylah Annie Fernandez and Cristina Bucsa will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leylah Annie Fernandez who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.129
Cristina Bucsa -> 5.95

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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Cristina Bucsa

This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Cristina Bucsa square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Annie Fernandez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Annie Fernandez won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2024.

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Leylah Annie Fernandez
Leylah Annie Fernandez

4 - 2win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
27
High
13
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-12 10-8 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 31-25 18-15 6-6 0-1 7-3 0-0
2023 41-24 28-16 5-6 6-0 2-2 0-0
2022 21-15 12-10 6-4 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 25-17 19-10 3-5 2-0 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 29, Annie Fernandez got to the 2nd round after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Starodubtseva (7-5 6-4). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 86 points vs Starodubtseva’s 77. Leylah was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Annie Fernandez bagged 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 55% of her first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Starodubtseva 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Annie Fernandez has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (202-130). 4-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Annie Fernandez has an overall129-78 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Leylah has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Annie Fernandez
Australian Open
Annie Fernandez's Record

Cristina Bucsa

Cristina Bucsa
Cristina Bucsa

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
96
High
56
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-15 9-9 2-5 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. 110, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Chloe Paquet 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Cristina had a good straight sets win against Paquet (6-2 6-3). During the match Bucsa scored 64 points vs Paquet’s 50. Cristina was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 79% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Paquet 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

The Spaniard has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.

Bucsa
Australian Open
Bucsa's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

L. Fernandez
C.Bucsa
!
2h:11
2h:11
Time on court​
1h:26
1h:26
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
86
86
Total points​
64
64
86
86
Avg point​
64
64
31
31
Winners
27
27
31
31
Avg Winners​
27
27
36%
36%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
2
2
Avg Aces
0
0
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
0
0
31/45
31/45
1st won total​
27/41
27/41
69%
69%
1st won %
66%
66%
16/37
16/37
2nd won total​
5/11
5/11
43%
43%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
5/8
5/8
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
50%
50%
Won
!
63%
63%
11
11
Conceded
3
3
11
11
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
8
8
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Annie Fernandez Bucsa
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 17
Pts 86-77 64-50
Total Points 163 114
Winners 31 27
%Winners 36% 42%

Both Annie Fernandez and Bucsa played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Annie Fernandez and Bucsa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Annie Fernandez played 5 games more than Bucsa. Leylah scored 31 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Bucsa fired 27 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Annie Fernandez Bucsa
Aces 2 0
Avg per match 2 0
1st in 45/82 41/52
%1st in 55% 79%
1st pts 31/45 27/41
%1st pts 69% 66%
2nd pts 16/37 5/11
%2nd pts 43% 45%

Annie Fernandez struck 2 aces . Bucsa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Annie Fernandez won 69% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Annie Fernandez Bucsa
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/8
% Converted 50% 63%
Conceded 11 3
Saved 8 2
% Saved 73% 67%
Times Broken 3 1

Leylah broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Annie Fernandez conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Bucsa broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Annie Fernandez
R1
Starodubtseva
Total
Score 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 86-77 86-77
Total points 163 163
Winners 31 31
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 45/82 45/82
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 31/45 31/45
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 16/37 16/37
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3
Bucsa
R1
Paquet
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 64-50 64-50
Total points 114 114
Winners 27 27
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 41/52 41/52
% 1st in 79% 79%
1st pts 27/41 27/41
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 5/11 5/11
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Annie Fernandez
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Bucsa
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2025 2024 2023
12 - 12
13 - 15
10-8
Hard
9-9
0-0
I Hard
2-1
2-4
Clay
2-5

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