Cristina Bucsa and Zeynep Sonmez will square off in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zeynep Sonmez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zeynep Sonmez is the pick to win this match.
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.65
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Cristina Bucsa vs. Zeynep Sonmez
This will be the 2nd time that Cristina Bucsa and Zeynep Sonmez square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bucsa (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bucsa won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Merida back in February 2026.
Highlights Cristina Bucsa vs Zeynep Sonmez – Merida 27-February-2026
Cristina Bucsa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14-18 | 14-13 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 37-32 | 24-20 | 2-6 | 5-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 30 (career-high), Bucsa will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Miami where she lost 6-2 3-2 ret. to Starodubtseva in the 2nd round on the 20th of March.
Bucsa has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Merida where she overcame Magdalena Frech in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Cristina has an overall 338-245 record. She has a positive 110-89 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024 and 2025. See her history.
Zeynep Sonmez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-21 | 14-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-28 | 14-16 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 19-9 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-28 | 4-4 | 23-10 | 17-8 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 38-21 | 22-8 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67 (career-high), the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Carlota Martinez Cirez 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Martinez Cirez (7-5 6-2). During the match Sonmez scored 77 points vs Martinez Cirez’s 64. Zeynep was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Sonmez couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 72% of her first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Martinez Cirez 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Zeynep has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See her history.
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Head 2 Head
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