Emma Raducanu and Cristina Bucsa will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the China Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on LOTUS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emma Raducanu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emma Raducanu is the pick to win this match.
Emma Raducanu -> 1.28
Cristina Bucsa -> 3.68

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Emma Raducanu vs. Cristina Bucsa

This will be the 3^rd time that Emma Raducanu and Cristina Bucsa square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Raducanu and Bucsa (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Raducanu won 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in London back in June 2025.

Highlights Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa – London 10-June-2025

Emma Raducanu

Ranked no. 32, Emma will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 4-6 7-6(10) 6-1 to Krejcikova in the 2^nd round on the 18^th of September.

Raducanu has a composed 27-19 win-loss record in 2025, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Emma’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Washington.

Talking about her overall career, Emma has an overall 148-81 record. She has a positive 94-45 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 67, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after defeating Clervie Ngounoue 6-2 6-3, Maria Lourdes Carle 7-5 6-4 and Donna Vekic 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-2 6-4). During the match Bucsa scored 65 points vs Vekic’s 47. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa wasn’t able 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 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 54% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Vekic 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Bucsa has an overall 29-26 win-loss record in 2025, 19-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Eva LysLys – Iva JovicJovic (6-3 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Caty McNallyMcNally (7-5 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anna BondarBondar (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Magda LinetteLinette (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-3 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sofia KeninKenin – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-3 7-6(2)) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Maverick BanesBanes (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez – Francesco FortiForti (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin CuevasCuevas – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emiliana ArangoArango – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Priscilla HonHon – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Eva LysLys (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H and prediction