Storm Hunter vs Cristina Bucsa — Dubai Qualifying Round 2

Dubai · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
AUS
Storm Hunter
#178WTA
1681ELO
1668Hard ELO
31 yrs · 166 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 February 2024
hard
Cristina Bucsa
ESP
Cristina Bucsa
#41WTA
1722ELO
1710Hard ELO
$900kYTD
$5.0MCAREER
28 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Hunter S.
4-6 6-4 6-2
Bucsa C.
Hunter S.
4662
Bucsa C.
6421

Storm Hunter defeated Cristina Bucsa 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the Dubai qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cristina Bucsa came in ranked #41, but Storm Hunter had arrived on a 4-match winning run.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Hunter S.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Bucsa C.

Bucsa C.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Hunter S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Hunter S.Bucsa C.
—
Serve
22
—
Return
52

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Hunter S.Bucsa C.
1st serve in·Even
64%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
45%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
50%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.4
1.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.0
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (48 vs 131). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Hunter S.Bucsa C.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
43
60
Break points saved·Dominant
27
79
Break points won·Clear edge
76
93
Deciding sets·Even
66
68
Tiebreaks·Dominant
88
27

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Hunter S.
5.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Bucsa C.
6.8
Slight advantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
4.3Hard Elo 1668
Surface ELO
5.7+42 Hard Elo edge
4.2Overall Elo 1681
ELO gap
5.8Overall Elo 1722
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
7.8
Surface form
5.4
7.04-match win streak
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
7.2
7.0
3-set count
4.0
Prev. match
8.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0
Opponent rise
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Kalinskaya A.
Rakhimova K.
6-26-2
Tomova V.
Babos T.
6-46-3
Hibino N.
Bronzetti L.
3-66-36-4
Burel C.
Lys E.
6-26-1
Frech M.
Putintseva Y.
6-33-66-4
Pera B.
Cocciaretto E.
4-67-56-2
Hunter S.
Bucsa C.
4-66-46-2
Wang X.
Errani S.
6-36-2
Q1
Frech M.
Rodionova A.
2-66-34-1
Cocciaretto E.
Sonmez Z.
6-36-0
Kalinskaya A.
Masarova R.
6-46-3
Rakhimova K.
Parks A.
7-626-1
Babos T.
Timofeeva M.
6-22-66-3
Tomova V.
Raina A.
6-46-0
Burel C.
Sasnovich A.
3-66-46-4
Lys E.
Cristian J.
3-67-636-2
Pera B.
Siegemund L.
4-66-16-2
Bronzetti L.
Martincova T.
6-16-4
Hibino N.
Minnen G.
6-46-2
Hunter S.
Trevisan M.
7-56-4
Bucsa C.
Simunyu C.
6-06-3
Wang X.
Andreeva E.
6-46-2
Errani S.
Oz I.
6-36-0