Elina Svitolina def. Cristina Bucsa — Round of 128, Australian Open 2026

🇦🇺
Australian Open 2026

Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia

Played18 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇺🇦ranked WTA number 12 going into this drawWon

Elina Svitolina seeded 12 6 6

🇪🇸ranked WTA number 51 going into this draw

Cristina Bucsa 4 1

🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinavC. BucsaCristina Bucsa🇪🇸

🇺🇦Elina Svitolina

🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa

Match stats

Serve

1

Aces

1

3

Double faults

6

49%

1st serve in

68%

67%

1st serve points won

58%

64%

2nd serve points won

25%

65%

Service points won

48%

1/2

Break points saved

5/10

Serve speed (km/h)

174

Fastest serve

163

158

Average 1st serve

153

134

Average 2nd serve

131

Return

52%

Return points won

35%

5/10

Break points won

1/2

Points

17

Winners

14

17

Unforced errors

38

7/9

Net points won

7/14

65

Total points won

47

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

5–5

5–0

Last 30 days

1–1

By surface

8–3

Hard

9–9

By round

0–1

R128

2–2

1–1

R64

2–1

2–2

First match at an event

4–5

0–1

At Grand Slams

3–1

How their matches go

11

Completed matches

17

64%

Won in straight sets

35%

9%

Won after losing a set

12%

9%

Lost after winning a set

18%

18%

Lost in straight sets

35%

3–1

Tiebreaks

2–1

1–1

Deciding sets

2–3

8/9

Won after winning set 1

6/8

0/2

Won after losing set 1

2/9

Serve and return, last 5 matches

63%

1st serve in

–

67%

1st serve points won

–

52%

2nd serve points won

–

58%

Break points saved

–

45%

Return points won

–

56%

Break points won

–

3.4

Aces a match

–

2.6

Double faults a match

–

Last 14 days

5

Matches

2

11

Sets

5

7

Days since last match

12

Last 10 matches going in

LatestElina SvitolinaCristina Bucsa
1Won🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 57No. 57 · 11 JanAuckland F · 11 JanLost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 Jan
2Won🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 35No. 35 · 10 JanAuckland SF · 10 JanWon🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 74No. 74 · 5 JanBrisbane R64 · 5 Jan
3Won🇬🇧S. KartalSonay KartalNo. 68No. 68 · 9 JanAuckland QF · 9 JanLost🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 23No. 23 · 2 NovHong Kong F · 2 Nov
4Won🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 106No. 106 · 8 JanAuckland R16 · 8 JanWon🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 32No. 32 · 1 NovHong Kong SF · 1 Nov
5Won🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 76No. 76 · 6 JanAuckland R32 · 6 JanWon🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 13No. 13 · 31 OctHong Kong QF · 31 Oct
6Lost🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 96No. 96 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugWon🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 48No. 48 · 29 OctHong Kong R16 · 29 Oct
7Lost🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 80No. 80 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 AugWon🇨🇳Y. MaYexin MaNo. 224No. 224 · 27 OctHong Kong R32 · 27 Oct
8Lost🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 51No. 51 · 5 AugCanada QF · 5 AugLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 20 OctTokyo R32 · 20 Oct
9Won🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 7No. 7 · 3 AugCanada R16 · 3 AugLost🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 21No. 21 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 Oct
10Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 48No. 48 · 1 AugCanada R32 · 1 AugLost🇬🇧E. RaducanuEmma RaducanuNo. 33No. 33 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep