Cristina Bucsa
About
Cristina Bucșa was born in Chișinău, Moldova, and moved to Torrelavega, Spain at age three. She turned professional around 2015-2016, winning her first ITF titles in 2017. Her breakthrough came in 2023 with top 100 entry and Australian Open third round as qualifier. In 2024, she won Olympic doubles bronze with Sara Sorribes Tormo and Madrid Open doubles title. 2025 featured US Open fourth round and Hong Kong final. In 2026, she claimed first WTA singles title at Mérida Open, defeating top-10 Jasmine Paolini en route, rising to career-high No. 30 and Spain's No. 1. As of April 2026, ranked No. 30 singles, No. 19 doubles, but retired Miami with hip injury and lost early Madrid.
Recent form
In the news
“"It was my first 500 tournament win in singles, so very happy, very proud of myself and I was working that week and that was a big achievement."”
- Zeynep Sonmez upsets No. 30 Bucsa 6-1 6-7 6-2 in Madrid R2
- Inside Bucsa's rise to Spain No.1 ahead of Madrid clay debut
- Bucsa withdraws from BJK Cup due to injury, Bolsova replaces
- Bucsa retires injured vs Starodubtseva in Miami Open R1
- Bucsa wins first WTA singles title at Mérida Open
- Bucsa secures career-high ranking ahead of Mérida final
Playing style
Bucsa is a right-handed baseline player with heavy pace from both wings, capable of taking over rallies when in rhythm by stepping inside the court. Strong return game breaks serve 35% career rate, but serve lacks aces (1.4%) and holds 58%, relying on consistency and drop shots on clay. Dangerous in doubles with 8 WTA titles, prefers grass despite recent hard court success; vulnerabilities in double faults (4.6%) and top-player record expose second serve and pressure holds.
Surface splits
Career surface splits.
Serve & return fingerprint
1 match of statistics in the last 7 days. Aces/match: — · DFs/match: —
- 1st serve in
- 68.0%
- 1st-serve points won
- 40.0%
- 2nd-serve points won
- 43.0%
- Return on 1st
- 45.0%
- Return on 2nd
- 0.0%
Big-match temperament
Notable rivalries
Rivalry network
Most-played opponents inside our 7-day rolling window.
Career snapshot
| Season | Year-end rank | W–L | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 492 | 0–1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 319 | 0–1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 170 | 18–9 | 1 |
| 2020 | 162 | 14–13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 161 | 29–27 | 0 |
| 2022 | 105 | 49–31 | 0 |
| 2023 | 61 | 35–30 | 1 |
| 2024 | 103 | 24–29 | 0 |
| 2025 | 51 | 37–32 | 0 |
| 2026 | 50 | 1–1 | 0 |
Team and equipment
- Head coach
- Ion Bucșa (father)
- Physio
- Ion Bucșa (father)
- Height
- 175 cm
- Plays
- Right-handed
- Backhand
- Two-handed
- Racquet
- Wilson
Career highlights
- Career-high No. 30 singles (2026)
- WTA 500 Mérida singles title (2026)
- Olympic doubles bronze (2024)
- Madrid WTA 1000 doubles title (2024)
- US Open 4R singles (2025)
- Australian Open 3R singles (2023)
- 8 WTA doubles titles
- Spain No. 1 singles (2026)
Where to follow
Live scores when Bucsa is on court appear on our tennis today and live streaming pages. The full WTA top-100 sits at our live WTA rankings. Compare Bucsa on the player statistical deep dive.
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