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Cristina Bucșa

Bucșa at the 2023 Birmingham Classic
Country (sports)	Spain (2015–) Moldova (2013–15)
Born	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) Chișinău, Moldova
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,414,308
Singles
Career record	297–192 (60.74%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (28 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 79 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
French Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	145–100 (59.18%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 53 (11 September 2023)
Current ranking	No. 65 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	2R (2023)

Cristina Bucșa (born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player.

She has career-high rankings of world No. 65 in singles, achieved on 28 August 2023, and of 53 in doubles, set on 11 September 2023.

Professional career

2018: First pro title

Bucșa won her first bigger ITF Circuit title 2018 at the Open de Saint-Malo, in the doubles draw, partnering María Fernanda Herazo.

2021–2022: Grand Slam debut and WTA 1000 debut

She qualified for a singles main draw in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open.

At the 2022 French Open, Bucșa qualified into her second major main draw for the season, following the Australian Open.

At the Canadian Open, she made her WTA 1000 debut as a qualifier. Her first match at a major tournament she recorded at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, before losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.

2023: Top 100, first major third round and WTA 1000 wins & doubles title

She reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023, before she qualified for the Australian Open and recorded her first two wins at this major defeating Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu. She then lost to top seed and world No. 1, Iga Świątek.

At the Lyon Open, she won her maiden doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 61, on 6 February 2023. In Indian Wells, she reached the second round of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career as a qualifier defeating Katie Swan.

Bucșa made her debut at Wimbledon where she defeated Kamilla Rakhimova for her first win at this major.

She entered the main draw of the Canadian Open as a lucky loser and also reached the second round on her debut at the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open, upsetting 13th seed Belinda Bencic, and at the Guadalajara Open where she double bageled former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.

Personal life and background

Cristina is coached by her father, Ion Bucșa. She trains and lives in Cantabria, Spain. Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. Favorite surface to play on is grass.

Performance timelines

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

Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2021	WTA 125 Concord, United States	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Peangtarn Plipuech Jessy Rompies	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win	1–1	Dec 2022	WTA 125 Andorrà la Vella, Andorra	Hard (i)	Weronika Falkowska	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	2–1	Jul 2023	WTA 125 Contrexéville, France	Clay	Alena Fomina-Klotz	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	2–2	Aug 2023	WTA 125 Chicago, United States	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel	walkover
Win	3–2	Dec 2023	WTA 125 Angers, France	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova	6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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	ITF Nantes, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Tamara Korpatsch	6–2, 6–7(11–13), 7–6(6)
Loss	4–5	Sep 2020	ITF Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	6–4, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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	ITF 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	ITF 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	ITF Mónzon, 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 Fernanda Herazo	Eleni Kordolaimi Elixane Lechemia	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	2–8	Jul 2018	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Ramu Ueda	Montserrat Gonzalez Laura Pigossi	5–7, 0–6
Win	3–8	Sep 2018	ITF Saint-Malo, France	60.000	Clay	María Fernanda Herazo	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	ITF Altenkirchen, 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	ITF Chiasso, 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	ITF Valencia, Spain	80,000+H	Clay	Ylena In-Albon	Irina Khromacheva Iryna Shymanovich	6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

• She has a 0–4 (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
2023
Loss	0–1	Iga Świątek	No. 1	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	3R	0–6, 1–6	No. 100	0–2
Loss	0–2	Coco Gauff	No. 6	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	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
Loss	0–4	Jessica Pegula	No. 4	Wimbledon Championships, UK	Grass	2R	1–6, 4–6	No. 78	0–1

See also

In Spanish: Cristina Bucșa para niños