Cristina Bucsa and Francesca Jones will square off in the qualifications of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristina Bucsa who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Cristina Bucsa is the pick to win this match.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.75
Francesca Jones -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Francesca Jones

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

Cristina Bucsa

Cristina Bucsa

13 - 12win/loss

Hard
9-9
I Hard
2-1
Clay
2-2
Rank
96
High
56
LLLWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-14 9-9 2-4 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. 94, Bucsa reached the qualifications after defeating Maja Chwalinska 7-5 6-0.

In the qualifications, Cristina had a good straight sets win against Chwalinska (7-5 6-0). During the match, Bucsa scored 67 points vs Chwalinska’s 46. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bucsa scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 73% of her first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Chwalinska 5 times.

Bucsa has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (307-217). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bucsa has a composed 110-84 match record in the last years on clay.

Cristina has an aggregate 13-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Madrid
Bucsa's Record

Francesca Jones

Francesca Jones

17 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-3
I Hard
2-1
Clay
8-2
Rank
126
High
123
WWWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-7 7-3 12-3 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 33-18 3-3 28-13 0-0 2-2 0-0
2023 21-11 1-2 18-7 2-2 0-0 0-0
2022 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 30-21 6-5 24-12 0-0 0-4 0-0

Ranked no. 138, the Brit got to the qualifications after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-4 6-3). During the match Jones scored 69 points vs Siegemund’s 55. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Jones managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Francesca Jones lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Jones put 58% of her first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Siegemund 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Vacaria where she beat Leolia Jeanjean in the final 1-6 6-4 6-1.

The Brit has a composed 16-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Francesca has never competed in this tournament before.

Madrid
Jones's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Bucsa
F.Jones
1h:20
1h:20
Time on court​
1h:37
1h:37
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
67
67
Total points​
69
69
67
67
Avg point​
69
69
30
30
Winners
25
25
30
30
Avg Winners​
25
25
45%
45%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
5
5
30/45
30/45
1st won total​
25/33
25/33
67%
67%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
9/17
9/17
2nd won total​
10/24
10/24
53%
53%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
5/5
5/5
BP won
5/9
5/9
5/5
5/5
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
!
100%
100%
Won
!
56%
56%
3
3
Conceded
3
3
3
3
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bucsa Jones
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 19
Pts 67-46 69-55
Total Points 113 124
Winners 30 25
%Winners 45% 36%

Both Bucsa and Jones played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bucsa and Jones have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bucsa played 1 game less than Jones. Bucsa scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Jones scored 25 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bucsa Jones
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 45/62 33/57
%1st in 73% 58%
1st pts 30/45 25/33
%1st pts 67% 76%
2nd pts 9/17 10/24
%2nd pts 53% 42%

Bucsa fired 1 ace . Jones also made 2 aces . Bucsa won 67% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bucsa Jones
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/9
% Converted 100% 56%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2 0
% Saved 67% 0%
Times Broken 1 3

Cristina broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Jones broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Jones conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Bucsa
Q1
Chwalinska
Total
Score 7-5 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 67-46 67-46
Total points 113 113
Winners 30 30
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 45/62 45/62
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 30/45 30/45
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 9/17 9/17
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/5
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Jones
Q1
Siegemund
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 69-55 69-55
Total points 124 124
Winners 25 25
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 33/57 33/57
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 25/33 25/33
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 10/24 10/24
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 0/3 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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