Elise Mertens def. Cristina Bucsa — Round of 32, Japan Open 2025
WTA 250HardOsaka, Japan
Played14 Oct 2025
🇧🇪ranked WTA number 21 going into this drawWon
Elise Mertens seeded 3 7 6
🇪🇸ranked WTA number 70 going into this draw
Cristina Bucsa 65 3
Match stats
Serve
7
Aces
0
3
Double faults
7
46%
1st serve in
61%
82%
1st serve points won
72%
58%
2nd serve points won
48%
69%
Service points won
63%
0/0
Break points saved
4/5
Return
37%
Return points won
31%
1/5
Break points won
0/0
77
Total points won
69
Head to head
2–1 Mertens
- This matchOsaka R32won by Mertens
- 2025HardNew York R32won by Bucsa
- 2025HardDoha R32won by Mertens
Form going in
5–5
Won–lost, last 10 matches
4–6
1–2
Won–lost, last 30 days
1–1
🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 16
No. 16 · R32Wuhan R32
E. RaducanuEmma Raducanu🇬🇧No. 33
No. 33 · R64Beijing R64
🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 76
No. 76 · R64Wuhan R64
D. VekicDonna Vekic🇭🇷No. 68
No. 68 · R128Beijing R128
🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 38
No. 38 · R64Beijing R64
A. SabalenkaAryna Sabalenka🇧🇾No. 1
No. 1 · R16New York R16
🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 91
No. 91 · R16Guadalajara R16
E. MertensElise Mertens🇧🇪No. 21
No. 21 · R32New York R32
🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 93
No. 93 · R32New York R32
A. EalaAlexandra Eala🇵🇭No. 70
No. 70 · R64New York R64
🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunNo. 102
No. 102 · R64New York R64
C. LiuClaire Liu🇺🇸
R128New York R128
🇺🇸A. AhnAlyssa Ahn
R128New York R128
A. ParksAlycia Parks🇺🇸No. 71
No. 71 · R32Monterrey R32
🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 20
No. 20 · QFMonterrey QF
Y. YuanYue Yuan🇨🇳No. 93
No. 93 · R128Cincinnati R128
🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 55
No. 55 · R16Monterrey R16
V. KudermetovaVeronika Kudermetova🇷🇺
R128Canada R128
🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 77
No. 77 · R32Monterrey R32
S. SierraSolana Sierra🇦🇷No. 100
No. 100 · R32London R32
All 10 matches
🇳🇿L. SunLulu SunNo. 102
No. 102 · R64New York R64
C. LiuClaire Liu🇺🇸
R128New York R128
🇺🇸A. AhnAlyssa Ahn
R128New York R128
A. ParksAlycia Parks🇺🇸No. 71
No. 71 · R32Monterrey R32
🇷🇺D. ShnaiderDiana ShnaiderNo. 20
No. 20 · QFMonterrey QF
Y. YuanYue Yuan🇨🇳No. 93
No. 93 · R128Cincinnati R128
🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 55
No. 55 · R16Monterrey R16
V. KudermetovaVeronika Kudermetova🇷🇺
R128Canada R128
🇫🇷A. BlinkovaAnna BlinkovaNo. 77
No. 77 · R32Monterrey R32
S. SierraSolana Sierra🇦🇷No. 100
No. 100 · R32London R32
Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in
2–3
3 players
2–2
Won6-3 6-3Monterrey R16 · No. 55
Won6-2 6-4Beijing R128 · No. 68
Won6-1 6-3London R64 · No. 22
Lost4-6 6-7London R16 · No. 1
Lost6-3 2-6 1-6Madrid R32 · No. 1
Lost4-6 1-6Stuttgart QF · No. 1
Lost1-6 4-6New York R16 · No. 1
Won6-0 6-4's-Hertogenbosch QF · No. 87
Lost2-6 2-6Cincinnati R128 · No. 93
Stats, 6 months going in
By surface
6–7
Hard
4–5
5–4
Clay
0–2
8–2
Grass
4–3
By round
5–5
R32
2–3
3–3
R16
0–2
9–5
First match at an event
4–6
5–0
At WTA 250s
1–1
How their matches go
31
Completed matches
18
48%
Won in straight sets
39%
13%
Won after losing a set
6%
23%
Lost after winning a set
17%
16%
Lost in straight sets
39%
7–5
Tiebreaks
0–1
4–7
Deciding sets
1–3
15/21
Won after winning set 1
7/9
4/10
Won after losing set 1
1/9
Last 14 days
1
Matches
0
2
Sets
0
8
Days since last match
17