Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Cristina Bucsa will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Rothesay Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Aliaksandra Sasnovich who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aliaksandra Sasnovich is the pick to win this match.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 1.8
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Cristina Bucsa

This will be the 2^nd time that Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Cristina Bucsa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sasnovich (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Sasnovich won 6-4 5-7 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Belgrade back in 2021.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Ranked no. 105, Sasnovich reached the qualifications after defeating Maya Joint 3-6 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications against Joint, Sasnovich recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Sasnovich scored 91 points vs Joint’s 78. Aliaksandra was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sasnovich scored 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Joint 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).

Sasnovich has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (261-220). 2-1 on grass in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sasnovich has a composed 20-22 record in the last years on grass.

The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Napoca,the Vic and the Paris.

Sasnovich has a composed 21-15 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nottingham

The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 112, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after defeating Emiliana Arango 6-0 6-4.

In the qualifications, Cristina had a good straight sets win against Arango (6-0 6-4). During the match Bucsa scored 63 points vs Arango’s 44. Cristina was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Arango 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

The Spaniard has an aggregate 16-17 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Nottingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sasnovich	Bucsa
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	26	16
Pts	91-78	63-44
Total Points	169	107
Winners	33	25
%Winners	36%	40%

Both Sasnovich and Bucsa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aliaksandra Sasnovich conceded 1 set while Cristina Bucsa hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sasnovich has played 1 set more than Bucsa (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sasnovich played 10 games more than Bucsa. The Belarussian scored 33 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Bucsa blasted 25 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sasnovich	Bucsa
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	49/83	37/57
%1st in	59%	65%
1st pts	33/49	25/37
%1st pts	67%	68%
2nd pts	14/34	11/20
%2nd pts	41%	55%

Sasnovich scored 2 aces . Bucsa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sasnovich won 67% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sasnovich	Bucsa
Won	7	5
Converted	7/14	5/11
% Converted	50%	45%
Conceded	11	4
Saved	6	3
% Saved	55%	75%
Times Broken	5	1

The Belarussian broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sasnovich surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Bucsa broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Cristina conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Sasnovich
	Q1 Joint	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	91-78	91-78
Total points	169	169
Winners	33	33
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	49/83	49/83
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	33/49	33/49
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	14/34	14/34
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/14	7/14
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Bucsa
	Q1 Arango	Total
Score	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	63-44	63-44
Total points	107	107
Winners	25	25
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	37/57	37/57
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	25/37	25/37
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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