Cristina Bucșa
Full name | Cristina Bucsa Bucsa[1] | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Spain (2015–) Moldova (2013–15) | |||||||||||
Residence | Torrelavega, Spain | |||||||||||
Born | Chișinău, Moldova | 1 January 1998|||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 2016 | |||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Coach | Ion Bucșa | |||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 2,343,069 | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 324–221 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 56 (15 January 2024) | |||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 79 (23 September 2024) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2023) | |||||||||||
French Open | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2023, 2024) | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2022) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 183–118 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 5 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 19 (10 June 2024) | |||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 19 (23 September 2024) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (2024) | |||||||||||
French Open | 3R (2024) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2023) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 30 September 2024. |
Cristina Bucsa Bucsa (born 1 January 1998), known as Cristina Bucșa, is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and of No. 19 in doubles, achieved on 10 June 2024.[2] She won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
[edit]Cristina Bucșa was born in Chișinău, Moldova. Her father, Ion Bucșa, is a former Olympic biathlete who was Moldova's flag bearer at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.[3][4] When she was three years old, her family moved to Cantabria in northern Spain; they originally moved to Las Fraguas before settling in Torrelavega.[5] Bucșa attended the Instituto Marqués De Santillana in Torrelavega, where she was awarded the title of Illustrious Alumna in December 2022.[6] She speaks Spanish, Romanian, English, and French.[7]
Bucșa began playing tennis at the age of five.[8][9] In 2014, she moved to Barcelona to train at the Centre d'Alt Rendiment de Sant Cugat del Vallès,[3][10] but in 2016 she moved back to Torrelavega where she currently lives and trains.[11] She is coached by her father, who is self-taught and also acts as her physiotherapist.[3][12] Being unsponsored, she buys her own kits and rackets for the tour.[11][13] She does not have any public social media profiles, only using Facebook to keep in touch with other tennis players.[14]
She received her Spanish passport in 2014 and began representing Spain in 2015.[3]
Professional career
[edit]2017–2020: ITF Circuit titles
[edit]Bucșa won her first ITF Circuit titles in both singles and doubles in 2017. In May 2017, Bucșa won an ITF title in Santarém, defeating Valeria Savinykh in the final.[15] In November 2017, Bucșa and doubles partner Yana Sizikova won the Open de Valencia defeating Georgina García Pérez and Andrea Gámiz in the final.[16]
Bucșa entered the qualifiers of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships and lost to Samantha Murray Sharan in the second round.[17] One month later, she won the Open Araba en Femenino title in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[18]
2021–2022: Grand Slam tournament debut
[edit]Bucșa entered the singles main draw of a major tournament for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open, after defeating Kateryna Baindl, Elvina Kalieva, and Océane Dodin in qualifying.[19]
In 2022, Bucșa qualified for the Australian Open and the French Open, but lost in the first round of both.[20][21] She also qualified for her first WTA 1000 event at the Canadian Open. Bucșa recorded her first win at a major at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, before losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.[22]
Partnering Weronika Falkowska, she won the doubles title at the 2022 WTA 125 Andorrà Open, defeating Angelina Gabueva and Anastasia Zakharova in the final.[23]
2023: Top 100, major third round
[edit]Bucșa reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023. She qualified for the Australian Open and recorded her first two wins at this major, defeating Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu.[24][25] She then lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in the third round.[26][27] This was her best result at a Grand Slam tournament thus far.[28] At the Lyon Open, she won her first doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs.[29] As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 61 on 6 February 2023. At Indian Wells, she reached the second round of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career, defeating Katie Swan as a qualifier.[30]
Bucșa made her main draw debut at Wimbledon, defeating Kamilla Rakhimova for her first win, before losing to fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula in the second round.[31][32] Partnering Alena Fomina-Klotz, she won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Grand Est Open 88, defeating Amina Anshba and Anastasia Dețiuc in the final.[33]
She entered the main draw of the Canadian Open as a lucky loser, but lost to Petra Martić in the first round.[34] She reached the second round on her debut at the Cincinnati Open, upsetting 13th seed Belinda Bencic.[35] At the Guadalajara Open, she double bageled former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.[36] In mid-December, she won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Open de Limoges, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final. She also won the doubles title in Limoges with partner Sizikova by defeating Oksana Kalashnikova and Maia Lumsden in the final.[37][38][39]
2024: Doubles: Olympic bronze and Madrid title
[edit]Bucșa began her season in Brisbane and reached the doubles semifinal with her partner Alexandra Panova.[40] She qualified for Adelaide as a lucky loser in singles and defeated Jasmine Paolini, before losing to top seed Elena Rybakina in the second round.[41][42] Following this, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 56, on 15 January 2024. At the Australian Open, she reached the doubles quarterfinals with Panova.[43][44] As a result, she reached the top 50 in doubles.[2] Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, Bucșa participated in the Abu Dhabi Open where, as a lucky loser, she reached the quarterfinals and, once again, lost to top seed Elena Rybakina.[45] In Doha, she and partner Monica Niculescu reached the doubles quarterfinal.[46] Bucșa then made her debut at the Dubai Championships where she replaced, also as a lucky loser, fifth seed Ons Jabeur into the second round, before losing to eventual finalist Anna Kalinskaya.[47]
Seeded fourth in singles in Bogotá, Bucșa defeated You Xiaodi and Jule Niemeier, before losing to her doubles partner Kamilla Rakhimova in the quarterfinals.[48] Bucșa and Rakhimova later won the doubles title in Bogotá defeating the third-seeded team of Anna Bondár and Irina Khromacheva in the final, bringing Bucșa to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 38, on 8 April 2024.[49] In Madrid, Bucșa defeated Harriet Dart, before losing to tenth seed Daria Kasatkina in the second round.[50][51] In doubles, seeded eighth, she and compatriot Sara Sorribes Tormo won the title after defeating Barbora Krejčíková and Laura Siegemund in the final, becoming the first all-Spanish doubles team to win the 1000 tournament in Madrid.[52][53][54] This was her first WTA 1000 title and brought her to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 27 on 6 May 2024.[55][56] The following month, Bucșa won her first WTA 500 doubles title in Strasbourg, partnering Niculescu and defeating Asia Muhammad and Aldila Sutjiadi in the final.[57] En route to the title, Bucșa and Niculescu upset the second-seeded team of Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani in the semifinal.[58]
Bucșa achieved her first French Open singles victory against qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva in the first round,[59] before losing to Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second.[60] In doubles, she and Niculescu upset the 14th-seeded team of Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round.[61] Following the pair's third-round run at the French Open, Bucșa achieved a career high doubles ranking of No. 19 and surpassed Sorribes Tormo as the top Spanish female doubles player on 10 June 2024.[62][63]
She made her Olympic debut in Paris where she reached the second round in singles with a win over Petra Martić.[64] Seeded eighth in doubles with Sara Sorribes Tormo, they won the bronze medal.[65]
At the 2024 China Open, she reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard Yao Xinxin, and then upsetting 11th seed and previous year finalist Liudmila Samsonova in three sets, her second top 20 victory,[66][67] and 24th seed Elise Mertens.
Performance timelines
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2024 US Open.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
French Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
Wimbledon | Q2 | NH | Q3 | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
US Open | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0 / 12 | 6–12 | 33% |
National representation | |||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
WTA 1000 tournaments | |||||||||
Qatar Open[a] | A | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% |
Dubai[a] | A | A | Q1 | NTI | Q1 | 2R[b] | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Indian Wells Open | A | NH | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Miami Open | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | NH | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Canadian Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | 2R | NTI | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
Wuhan Open | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||
China Open | A | NH | Q2 | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–6 | 4–8 | 0 / 15 | 7–15 | 32% |
Career statistics | |||||||||
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | Career total: 34 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 6–9 | 0 / 17 | 9–17 | 35% | |
Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–7 | 0 / 13 | 5–13 | 28% | |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 4–9 | 10–19 | 0 / 34 | 15–34 | 31% | |
Year-end ranking[c] | 164 | 161 | 159 | 107 | 83 | $1,517,425 |
Doubles
[edit]Current through the 2024 US Open.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Wimbledon | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% |
National representation | |||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | B | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% | ||
WTA 1000 tournaments | |||||||||
Qatar Open[a] | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Dubai[a] | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | W | 1 / 1 | 5–6 | 83% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | 1R | NMS | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Wuhan Open | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||
China Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | – | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 7–12 | 0 / 14 | 7–14 | 33% |
Career statistics | |||||||||
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | Career total: 19 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Career total: 5 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Career total: 6 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–5 | 8–9 | 1 / 19 | 14–18 | 44% | |
Year-end ranking[d] | 246 | 270 | 242 | 151 | 66 |
Mixed doubles
[edit]Current through the 2024 US Open.
Tournaments | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
Wimbledon | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
US Open | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Win–loss | 2–3 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
Significant finals
[edit]WTA 1000 tournaments
[edit]Doubles: 1 (title)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2024 | Madrid Open | Clay | Sara Sorribes Tormo | Barbora Krejčíková Laura Siegemund |
6–0, 6–2 |
Olympic medal matches
[edit]Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 2024 | 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris | Clay | Sara Sorribes Tormo | Karolína Muchová Linda Nosková |
6–2, 6–2 |
WTA Tour finals
[edit]Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2022 | Portorož Open, Slovenia | WTA 250 | Hard | Tereza Mihalíková | Marta Kostyuk Tereza Martincová |
4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2023 | Lyon Open, France | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Bibiane Schoofs | Olga Danilović Alexandra Panova |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 2024 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | WTA 250 | Clay | Kamilla Rakhimova | Anna Bondár Irina Khromacheva |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8] |
Win | 3–1 | May 2024 | Madrid Open, Spain | WTA 1000 | Clay | Sara Sorribes Tormo | Barbora Krejčíková Laura Siegemund |
6–0, 6–2 |
Win | 4–1 | May 2024 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | WTA 500 | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Asia Muhammad Aldila Sutjiadi |
3–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
Win | 5–1 | Aug 2024 | Tennis in Cleveland, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | Xu Yifan | Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi |
3–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
WTA Challenger finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (title)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 2023 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Elsa Jacquemot | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | Concord Open, United States |
Hard | Usue Maitane Arconada | Peangtarn Plipuech Jessy Rompies |
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Dec 2022 | Andorrà Open, Andorra |
Hard (i) | Weronika Falkowska | Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova |
7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2023 | Contrexéville Open, France |
Clay | Alena Fomina-Klotz | Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc |
4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Loss | 2–2 | Aug 2023 | Chicago Challenger, United States |
Hard | Alexandra Panova | Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel |
walkover |
Win | 3–2 | Dec 2023 | Open Angers, France |
Hard (i) | Monica Niculescu | Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | Dec 2023 | Open de Limoges, France |
Hard (i) | Yana Sizikova | Oksana Kalashnikova Maia Lumsden |
6–4, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)
[edit]Legend |
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$60,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$25,000 tournaments (2–1) |
$10/15,000 tournaments (1–3) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2015 | ITF Palma Nova, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Amanda Carreras | 5–7, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2016 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Win | 1–2 | May 2017 | ITF Santarém, Portugal | 15,000 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2018 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 25,000 | Clay | Jil Teichmann | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2018 | ITF Nules, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 2–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2019 | ITF Monzón, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Nadia Podoroska | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2019 | ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Shalimar Talbi | 6–0, 6–4 |
Win | 4–4 | Nov 2019 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Tamara Korpatsch | 6–2, 6–7(11), 7–6(6) |
Loss | 4–5 | Sep 2020 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | 60,000 | Clay | Nadia Podoroska | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner–ups)
[edit]Legend |
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$80,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$60,000 tournaments (1–0) |
$25,000 tournaments (6–5) |
$10,000 tournaments (1–4) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2015 | ITF Pula, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Eva Guerrero Álvarez | Priscilla Hon Aliona Bolsova |
0–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2017 | ITF Santarém, Portugal | 10,000 | Hard | Ksenia Kuznetsova | Valeria Savinykh Valeriya Strakhova |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2017 | ITF Getxo, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Noelia Zeballos | Andrea Gámiz Aleksandrina Naydenova |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Sep 2017 | ITF Middelkerke, Belgium | 10,000 | Clay | Cristina Adamescu | Sara Cakarevic Magali Kempen |
4–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Loss | 0–5 | Sep 2017 | Open de Biarritz, France | 80,000 | Clay | Isabelle Wallace | Irina Bara Mihaela Buzărnescu |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–6 | Nov 2017 | ITF Benicar, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Elixane Lechemia | Noelia Bouzó Zanotti Ángeles Moreno Barranquero |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–6 | Nov 2017 | Open de Valencia, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Yana Sizikova | Georgina García Pérez Andrea Gámiz |
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 2–6 | May 2018 | Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Yana Sizikova | Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls |
6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 2–7 | Jun 2018 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | María Herazo González | Eleni Kordolaimi Elixane Lechemia |
4–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Loss | 2–8 | Jul 2018 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 25,000 | Clay | Ramu Ueda | Montserrat González Laura Pigossi |
5–7, 0–6 |
Win | 3–8 | Sep 2018 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | 60.000 | Clay | María Herazo González | Alexandra Cadanțu Diāna Marcinkēviča |
4–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
Loss | 3–9 | Oct 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Diāna Marcinkēviča | Michaëlla Krajicek Ingrid Neel |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–9 | Nov 2018 | ITF Nules, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Claudia Hoste Ferrer | Marina Bassols Ribera Júlia Payola |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 5–9 | Feb 2018 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | Rosalie van der Hoek | Marie Benoît Katarzyna Piter |
5–7, 6–3, [12–10] |
Win | 6–9 | Apr 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Georgina García Pérez | Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith |
7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 7–9 | Apr 2019 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Marta Kostyuk | Sharon Fichman Jaimee Fourlis |
6–1, 3–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 7–10 | Nov 2019 | ITF Saint-Étienne, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Julia Wachaczyk | Marina Melnikova Laura Ioana Paar |
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [9–11] |
Win | 8–10 | Mar 2022 | ITF Le Havre, France | 25,000 | Clay | Georgina García Pérez | Diāna Marcinkēviča Chiara Scholl |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 9–10 | Nov 2022 | Open de Valencia, Spain | 80,000+H | Clay | Ylena In-Albon | Irina Khromacheva Iryna Shymanovich |
6–3, 6–2 |
Head-to-head records
[edit]Record against top 10 players
[edit]- She has a 0–6 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | Rank | H2H |
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2023 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–1 | Iga Świątek | No. 1 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 3R | 0–6, 1–6 | No. 100 | 0–1 |
Loss | 0–2 | Coco Gauff | No. 6 | Indian Wells Open, US | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 4–6 | No. 90 | 0–1 |
Loss | 0–3 | Iga Świątek | No. 1 | French Open, France | Clay | 1R | 4–6, 0–6 | No. 70 | 0–2 |
Loss | 0–4 | Jessica Pegula | No. 4 | Wimbledon Championships, UK | Grass | 2R | 1–6, 4–6 | No. 78 | 0–1 |
2024 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–5 | Elena Rybakina | No. 3 | Adelaide International, Australia | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 5–7 | No. 61 | 0–1 |
Loss | 0–6 | Elena Rybakina | No. 5 | Abu Dhabi Open, UAE | Hard | QF | 3–6, 4–6 | No. 74 | 0–2 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- ^ Qualified directly into the second round as a lucky loser. Counted as zero wins and one loss.
- ^ 2013: WTA ranking - 1203, 2014: WTA ranking - 1193, 2015: WTA ranking - 757, 2016: WTA ranking - 798, 2017: WTA ranking - 415, 2018: WTA ranking - 346.
- ^ 2015: WTA ranking - 1167, 2016: WTA ranking - 1278, 2017: WTA ranking - 284, 2018: WTA ranking - 172.
References
[edit]- ^ "Clasificación y Plazas Olímpicas París 2024 *". CSD - Consejo Superior de Deportes (in European Spanish).
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