Mccartney Kessler and Cristina Bucsa will square off in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Mccartney Kessler who should win in 3 sets.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.49
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Cristina Bucsa
This will be the 2nd time that Mccartney Kessler and Cristina Bucsa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kessler (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kessler won 5-7 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Austin back in February 2025.
Highlights Mccartney Kessler vs Cristina Bucsa – Austin 27-February-2025
Mccartney Kessler
36 - 23win/loss
31
30
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-24 | 27-16 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 28-13 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, Kessler will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Ningbo where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Alexandrova in the quarter on the 17th of October.
The American has a compiled 36-23 win-loss record in 2025, 26-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Hobart where she overcame Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, Kessler has an overall 167-92 record. She has a positive 116-58 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Cristina Bucsa
31 - 29win/loss
54
54
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-31 | 24-20 | 2-6 | 2-1 | 6-4 | 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. 72, the Spaniard reached the 1st round after beating Nao Hibino 6-3 6-1 and Dalma Galfi 6-3 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Galfi (6-3 7-64). During the match Bucsa and Galfi scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 33 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Spaniard was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
About the serving games, Bucsa wasn’t able 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 conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bucsa started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
The Spaniard has a compiled 31-29 win-loss record in 2025, 21-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Jason Jung/Evan KingJung/Evan King – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/Purav RajaNedunchezhiyan/Purav Raja (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John McnallyMcnally – Sam RifficeRiffice (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max PurcellPurcell – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jared HiltzikHiltzik – Tim SmyczekSmyczek (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Kevin KingKing (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Luke SavilleSaville (3-6 6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Jordi ArconadaArconada (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Alexander SarkissianSarkissian (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jc AragoneAragone – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roy SmithSmith – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (6-73 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Evan KingKing (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sekou BangouraBangoura – Ryan ShaneShane (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Collin AltamiranoAltamirano – Martin RedlickiRedlicki (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Sofia KeninKenin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-3) – H2H and prediction