Sonay Kartal vs Cristina Bucsa — Abu Dhabi Round of 32

Abu Dhabi · WTA · Round of 32
Sonay Kartal
GBR
Sonay Kartal
#83WTA
1874ELO
1833Hard ELO
24 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 1 February 2026
hard
Cristina Bucsa
ESP
Cristina Bucsa
#35WTA
1722ELO
1710Hard ELO
$900kYTD
$5.0MCAREER
28 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kartal S.
6-3 7-6
Bucsa C.
Kartal S.
67102
Bucsa C.
3680

Sonay Kartal defeated Cristina Bucsa 6-3 7-6 in the Abu Dhabi round of 32 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Sonay Kartal closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kartal S.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Bucsa C.

Bucsa C.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Kartal S.

Serve advantage — Kartal S.

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

Kartal S.Bucsa C.
59
Serve
22
37
Return
52

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

Statistics

This season
Kartal S.Bucsa C.
1st serve in·Even
66%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
53%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
45%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.6
0.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
0.8
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (16 vs 13). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Kartal S.
7.2
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Bucsa C.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
6.3+123 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.7Hard Elo 1710
6.4Overall Elo 1874
ELO gap
3.6Overall Elo 1722
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.2
Surface form
5.4
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
9.0
Minutes 14d
9.3
8.0
Prev. match
9.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
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
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 1 km/hHumidity 58%

Draw

Final
Bejlek S.
Alexandrova E.[2]
7-656-1
Semi-finals
Alexandrova E.[2]
Baptiste H.
3-67-656-3
Bejlek S.
Tauson C.[3]
7-53-67-5
Quarter-finals
Bejlek S.
Kartal S.
6-06-2
Alexandrova E.[2]
Eala A.
6-36-3
Tauson C.[3]
Kessler M.
6-36-4
Baptiste H.
Samsonova L.[5]
6-24-66-4
R16
Baptiste H.
Navarro E.[4]
7-660-66-3
Bejlek S.
Ostapenko J.[7]
6-46-3
Kessler M.
Fernandez L.[6]
6-36-2
Eala A.
Sasnovich A.
2-66-47-65
Samsonova L.[5]
Tjen J.
6-26-2
Alexandrova E.[2]
Yastremska D.
6-36-0
Kartal S.
Zarazua R.
6-06-3
Tauson C.[3]
Waltert S.
6-36-1
R32
Samsonova L.[5]
Kenin S.
6-46-0
Ostapenko J.[7]
Selekhmeteva O.
5-77-646-2
Tjen J.
Joint M.
7-663-66-3
Baptiste H.
Kostovic T.
4-66-36-4
Waltert S.
Kasatkina D.
7-653-66-4
Kessler M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-3
Fernandez L.[6]
Paquet C.
6-06-3
Eala A.
Sonmez Z.
6-46-3
Yastremska D.
Haddad Maia B.
6-27-5
Kartal S.
Bucsa C.
6-37-68
Sasnovich A.
Badosa P.[8]
6-43-66-1
Bejlek S.
Krueger A.
6-36-0