Emiliana Arango and Cristina Bucsa will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristina Bucsa who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cristina Bucsa is the pick to win this match.
Cristina Bucsa -> 1.42
Emiliana Arango -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Emiliana Arango vs. Cristina Bucsa

This will be the 3^rd time that Emiliana Arango and Cristina Bucsa clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bucsa (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Bucsa won 6-0 6-4 in the qualifications in Nottingham back in June 2025.

Emiliana Arango

Ranked no. 47, Arango got to the 2^nd round after defeating Moyuka Uchijima 6-7(3) 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Uchijima, Arango recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-1 6-4). During the match, Arango scored 113 points vs Uchijima’s 94. The Colombian was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Arango bagged 3 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Emiliana Arango lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Arango put 78% of her first serves in, winning 63% (47/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Uchijima 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Arango has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (236-184). 23-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Arango has an aggregate 85-69 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Cancun where she overcame Carson Branstine in the final 6-2 6-1.

Arango has a compiled 29-27 win-loss record in 2025, 23-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Arango has never competed in this tournament before.

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 68, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Yexin Ma 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Bucsa had a good straight sets win against Ma (6-1 6-2). During the match Bucsa scored 64 points vs Ma’s 39. Bucsa was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Bucsa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cristina Bucsa was very efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of her 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bucsa broke Ma 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

The Spaniard has an aggregate 32-30 win-loss record in 2025, 22-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd

round in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Arango	Bucsa
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	30	15
Pts	113-94	64-39
Total Points	207	103
Winners	47	25
%Winners	42%	39%

Both Arango and Bucsa played 1 match. At the moment, Emiliana Arango conceded 1 set while Cristina Bucsa hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Arango has played 1 set more than Bucsa (3 vs 2). Therefore, Arango played 15 games more than Bucsa. Emiliana scored 47 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bucsa blasted 25 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Arango	Bucsa
Aces	3	1
Avg per match	3	1
1st in	75/96	34/48
%1st in	78%	71%
1st pts	47/75	25/34
%1st pts	63%	74%
2nd pts	14/21	9/14
%2nd pts	67%	64%

Arango struck 3 aces . Bucsa struck 1 ace . Arango won 63% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Arango	Bucsa
Won	6	4
Converted	6/14	4/11
% Converted	43%	36%
Conceded	4	1
Saved	1	1
% Saved	25%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Emiliana broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Colombian lost her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. Bucsa broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Cristina was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Arango
	R1 Uchijima	Total
Score	6-73 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	113-94	113-94
Total points	207	207
Winners	47	47
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	75/96	75/96
% 1st in	78%	78%
1st pts	47/75	47/75
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	14/21	14/21
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Bucsa
	R1 Ma	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	64-39	64-39
Total points	103	103
Winners	25	25
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	34/48	34/48
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	25/34	25/34
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	9/14	9/14
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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• Cem IlkelIlkel – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brayden SchnurSchnur – Dennis NovikovNovikov (6-0 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernard TomicTomic – Nicaise MuambaMuamba (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Dudi SelaSela (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhe LiLi – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel NguyenNguyen – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine HoangHoang – Shintaro ImaiImai (7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas CatarinaCatarina – Kevin KylarKylar (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrew HarrisHarris – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Justin BoulaisBoulais – Kaichi UchidaUchida (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime CressyCressy – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (6-7¹ 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Norbert GombosGombos – Benjamin SigouinSigouin (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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