Jaqueline Cristian and Cristina Bucsa will face off in the qualifications of the Istanbul Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jaqueline Cristian that should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jaqueline Cristian is the pick to win this match.
Jaqueline Cristian -> 1.71
Cristina Bucsa -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Jaqueline Cristian vs. Cristina Bucsa

There is no head to head record between Jaqueline Cristian and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jaqueline Cristian

Ranked no. 144, Cristian reached the qualifications after defeating Pemra Ozgen 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Ozgen (6-4 6-3). During the match Cristian scored 77 points vs Ozgen’s 64. Jaqueline was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cristian bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 66% of her first serves in, winning 60% (32/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Ozgen 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Cristian has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of her matches (196-125). 1-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cristian has a 98-63 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Boutheon.

The Romanian has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Istanbul

Jaqueline has never competed in this tournament before.

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 167, Bucsa got to the qualifications after defeating Dalila Jakupovic 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Bucsa had a good straight sets win against Jakupovic (6-1 6-2). During the match Bucsa scored 61 points vs Jakupovic’s 42. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 70% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Jakupovic 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

The Spaniard has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Istanbul

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Cristian and Bucsa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cristian and Bucsa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cristian played 4 games more than Bucsa. Jaqueline scored 32 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Cristina recorded 30 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Cristian blasted 2 aces . Bucsa recorded 1 ace . Cristian won 60% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Spaniard broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Bucsa conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.