Elise Mertens vs Cristina Bucsa — Indian Wells Round of 64

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
BEL
Elise Mertens
[22]
#21WTA
1917ELO
1859Hard ELO
$1.4MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10
LWLWLWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
hard
ESP
Cristina Bucsa
#33WTA
1752ELO
1725Hard ELO
$773kYTD
$4.9MCAREER
28 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10
LLLLWWWWWW

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Mertens E.
7.5
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Bucsa C.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
6.6+134 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.4Hard Elo 1725
6.9Overall Elo 1917
ELO gap
3.1Overall Elo 1752
7.2
H2H
2.8
6.8
Surface form
6.3
0.0
Win streak
9.05-match win streak
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
4.9
3-set count
7.0
9.0
Prev. match
8.0
5.0
Country comfort
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.

Mertens E.
662
Bucsa C.
210

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
0.80
SlowFast

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-10-13OsakaR32hardElise Mertens7-6(5) 6-3
2025-08-25US OpenR32hardCristina Bucsa3-6 7-5 6-3
2025-02-09DohaR32hardElise Mertens6-2 6-3
2024-09-25BeijingR32hardCristina Bucsa4-6 6-2 6-2
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Statistics

Recent form
Mertens E.Bucsa C.
59%1st serve in+6%65%
69%1st serve points won+6%63%
49%2nd serve points won+6%43%
61%Service points won+5%56%
44%Return points won+3%47%
57%Break points saved+6%51%
4.5Aces / match+3.41.1
3.6Double faults / match+1.42.2

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Sabalenka A.[1]
Rybakina E.[3]
3-66-37-66
Semi-finals
Rybakina E.[3]
Svitolina E.[9]
7-56-4
Sabalenka A.[1]
Noskova L.[14]
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Svitolina E.[9]
Swiatek I.[2]
6-24-66-4
Sabalenka A.[1]
Mboko V.[10]
7-606-4
Rybakina E.[3]
Pegula J.[5]
6-17-64
Noskova L.[14]
Gibson T.
6-24-66-2
R16
Rybakina E.[3]
Kartal S.
6-44-3
Swiatek I.[2]
Muchova K.[13]
6-26-0
Mboko V.[10]
Anisimova A.[6]
6-46-1
Gibson T.
Paolini J.[7]
7-52-66-1
Pegula J.[5]
Bencic B.[12]
6-37-65
Sabalenka A.[1]
Osaka N.[16]
6-26-4
Noskova L.[14]
Eala A.[31]
6-26-0
Svitolina E.[9]
Siniakova K.
6-11-1
R32
Noskova L.[14]
Cirstea S.
6-756-46-4
Paolini J.[7]
Tomljanovic A.
7-55-76-1
Sabalenka A.[1]
Cristian J.
6-46-1
Siniakova K.
Andreeva M.[8]
4-67-656-3
Eala A.[31]
Gauff C.[4]
6-22-0
Mboko V.[10]
Kalinskaya A.[23]
6-46-1
Svitolina E.[9]
Krueger A.
6-46-2
Kartal S.
Keys M.[15]
2-66-26-3
Swiatek I.[2]
Sakkari M.[32]
6-36-2
Gibson T.
Tauson C.[17]
7-624-66-4
Bencic B.[12]
Mertens E.[22]
6-26-3
Rybakina E.[3]
Kostyuk M.[28]
6-46-4
Muchova K.[13]
Ruzic A.
6-06-3
Anisimova A.[6]
Raducanu E.[25]
6-16-1
Osaka N.[16]
Osorio C.
6-13-66-1
Pegula J.[5]
Ostapenko J.[26]
4-66-36-2
R64
Swiatek I.[2]
Day K.
6-07-62
Osorio C.
Jovic I.[18]
4-67-646-3
Noskova L.[14]
Bouzas Maneiro J.
6-36-3
Sabalenka A.[1]
Sakatsume H.
6-46-2
Tauson C.[17]
Putintseva Y.
7-696-2
Pegula J.[5]
Vekic D.
4-66-26-3
Kalinskaya A.[23]
Sonmez Z.
6-47-64
Krueger A.
Samsonova L.[19]
3-67-56-2
Svitolina E.[9]
Siegemund L.
7-654-66-3
Osaka N.[16]
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
7-56-2
Rybakina E.[3]
Baptiste H.
7-652-66-2
Anisimova A.[6]
Blinkova A.
5-76-16-0
Eala A.[31]
Yastremska D.
7-54-67-5
Cristian J.
Joint M.[29]
0-66-27-5
Andreeva M.[8]
Sierra S.
6-06-0
Bencic B.[12]
Hunter S.
6-36-2
Muchova K.[13]
Bondar A.
7-56-2
Gauff C.[4]
Rakhimova K.
6-37-65
Siniakova K.
Fernandez L.[27]
5-76-47-61
Mertens E.[22]
Bucsa C.
6-26-1
Gibson T.
Alexandrova E.[11]
6-37-5
Mboko V.[10]
Birrell K.
6-47-65
Cirstea S.
Shnaider D.[21]
6-27-60
Ruzic A.
Zheng Q.[24]
6-47-5
Ostapenko J.[26]
Volynets K.
6-47-65
Sakkari M.[32]
Tagger L.
7-56-0
Paolini J.[7]
Potapova A.
6-756-26-3
Kostyuk M.[28]
Townsend T.
6-36-2
Tomljanovic A.
Wang X.[30]
6-36-1
Kartal S.
Navarro E.[20]
6-13-67-62
Raducanu E.[25]
Zakharova A.
6-16-3
Keys M.[15]
Parry D.
6-46-3
R128
Cirstea S.
Maria T.
6-44-66-3
Osorio C.
Stephens S.
6-46-1
Siegemund L.
Marcinko P.
3-66-36-4
Zakharova A.
Seidel E.
6-26-2
Bucsa C.
Vidmanova D.
6-46-0
Hunter S.
Frech M.
3-67-56-3
Yastremska D.
Zhang S.
6-36-2
Krueger A.
Linette M.
6-16-4
Blinkova A.
Galfi D.
6-47-5
Birrell K.
Selekhmeteva O.
6-16-4
Ruzic A.
Brady J.
3-66-46-2
Potapova A.
Stakusic M.
4-66-17-5
Siniakova K.
Kenin S.
1-66-46-1
Bondar A.
Jacquemot E.
7-657-5
Vekic D.
Valentova T.
7-647-64
Cristian J.
Tjen J.
4-66-47-66
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Mcnally C.
6-26-746-4
Putintseva Y.
Badosa P.
6-46-2
Rakhimova K.
Andreescu B.
6-766-06-1
Sakatsume H.
Parks A.
6-46-3
Sierra S.
Stearns P.
7-57-5
Sonmez Z.
Kessler M.
7-676-0
Baptiste H.
Arango E.
2-66-26-3
Parry D.
Williams V.
6-36-746-1
Tomljanovic A.
Ruse E.
7-56-2
Townsend T.
Bouzkova M.
6-26-1
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Haddad Maia B.
6-16-756-1
Volynets K.
Sramkova R.
6-10-0
Tagger L.
Gracheva V.
6-26-4
Day K.
Jones F.
6-36-1
Gibson T.
Li A.
6-37-5
Kartal S.
Tararudee L.
6-46-4