Ella Seidel vs Cristina Bucsa — Dubai Round of 64

Dubai · WTA · Round of 64
Ella Seidel
GER
Ella Seidel
#100WTA
1616ELO
1614Hard ELO
21 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 15 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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Seidel E.
6-1 6-4
Bucsa C.
Seidel E.
662
Bucsa C.
140

Ella Seidel defeated Cristina Bucsa 6-1 6-4 in the Dubai round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cristina Bucsa came in ranked #35.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Seidel E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Bucsa C.

Bucsa C.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Seidel E.

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

Seidel E.Bucsa C.
20
Serve
22
9
Return
52

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

Statistics

This season
Seidel E.Bucsa C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
41%
Service points won·Even
55%
53%
Return points won·Even
43%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
45%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.2
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (25 vs 13). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Seidel E.Bucsa C.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
52
60
Break points saved·Even
77
79
Break points won·Clear edge
70
93
Deciding sets·Dominant
40
68
Tiebreaks·Dominant
89
27

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Seidel E.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Bucsa C.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.8Hard Elo 1614
Surface ELO
6.2+96 Hard Elo edge
3.8Overall Elo 1616
ELO gap
6.2Overall Elo 1722
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
3.9
Surface form
3.3
Win streak
0.0Lost last 4
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
7.5
4.0
3-set count
7.0
Prev. match
6.0
Context
5.0
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.

Freshness

Recent load
Seidel E.Bucsa C.
Freshness·
98
—

Seidel E.: 11 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
29°CClear
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 24%

Draw

Final
Pegula J.[4]
Svitolina E.[7]
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Pegula J.[4]
Anisimova A.[2]
1-66-46-3
Svitolina E.[7]
Gauff C.[3]
6-46-7136-4
Quarter-finals
Anisimova A.[2]
Andreeva M.[5]
2-67-57-64
Pegula J.[4]
Tauson C.[12]
6-32-66-4
Gauff C.[3]
Eala A.
6-06-2
Svitolina E.[7]
Ruzic A.
3-66-26-3
R16
Ruzic A.
Rybakina E.[1]
5-76-41-0
Svitolina E.[7]
Bencic B.[9]
4-66-16-3
Eala A.
Cirstea S.
7-56-4
Gauff C.[3]
Mertens E.
2-67-696-3
Andreeva M.[5]
Cristian J.
7-56-3
Anisimova A.[2]
Tjen J.
6-16-3
Pegula J.[4]
Jovic I.[16]
6-46-2
Tauson C.[12]
Linette M.
6-46-2
R32
Bencic B.[9]
Bejlek S.
W/O
Anisimova A.[2]
Krejcikova B.
W/O
Cristian J.
Seidel E.
6-00-0
Andreeva M.[5]
Kasatkina D.
W/O
Svitolina E.[7]
Badosa P.
6-40-0
Ruzic A.
Zakharova A.
6-16-726-1
Tauson C.[12]
Stearns P.
6-26-4
Mertens E.
Navarro E.[14]
6-26-2
Cirstea S.
Noskova L.[10]
6-16-4
Tjen J.
Fernandez L.
7-656-4
Jovic I.[16]
Shnaider D.
6-41-66-0
Linette M.
Alexandrova E.[8]
6-24-66-1
Rybakina E.[1]
Birrell K.
6-16-2
Gauff C.[3]
Kalinskaya A.
6-46-4
Pegula J.[4]
Gracheva V.
6-46-0
Eala A.
Paolini J.[6]
6-17-65
R64
Eala A.
Baptiste H.
6-40-1
Bejlek S.
Sonmez Z.
6-26-2
Noskova L.[10]
Li A.
6-35-76-4
Jovic I.[16]
Rakhimova K.
6-11-66-1
Ruzic A.
Raducanu E.
6-15-76-2
Linette M.
Sun L.
4-66-46-1
Seidel E.
Bucsa C.
6-16-4
Mertens E.
Bouzkova M.
6-26-2
Birrell K.
Maria T.
6-43-67-5
Badosa P.
Siniakova K.
6-37-5
Bencic B.[9]
Bouzas Maneiro J.
2-66-16-2
Stearns P.
Frech M.
6-46-2
Cristian J.
Marcinko P.
6-16-1
Zakharova A.
Uchijima M.
6-26-4
Shnaider D.
Joint M.
6-46-1
Kasatkina D.
Siegemund L.
6-26-3
Fernandez L.
Samsonova L.[13]
5-77-56-3
Navarro E.[14]
Ruse E.
6-47-5
Kalinskaya A.
Ostapenko J.
2-66-16-4
Tauson C.[12]
Kenin S.
7-646-2
Tjen J.
Yastremska D.
6-46-1
Gracheva V.
Sramkova R.
7-51-66-4
Cirstea S.
Sasnovich A.
6-37-66
Krejcikova B.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-46-4