Cristina Bucșa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bucsa and the second or maternal family name is Bucsa.

Cristina Bucșa
Bucșa at the 2025 DC Open
Full nameCristina Bucsa Bucsa[1]
Country (sports)
ResidenceTorrelavega, Spain
Born (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998
Chișinău, Moldova
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachIon Bucșa
Prize moneyUS $4,571,607
Singles
Career record370–264
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 30 (16 March 2026)
Current rankingNo. 30 (16 March 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon3R (2025)
US Open4R (2025)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record230–157
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 17 (2 March 2026)
Current rankingNo. 17 (2 March 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French Open3R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open3R (2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2025)
French Open2R (2025)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open2R (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Doubles
Last updated on: 16 March 2026.

Cristina Bucsa Bucsa (Romanian: Cristina Bucșa; born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 30 and No. 17 in doubles, achieved in March 2026.[2] She is the current No. 1 Spanish WTA player.

Her most notable result is a bronze medal in doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics, with Sara Sorribes Tormo.[3] She also has won nine WTA Tour titles combined, one in singles and eight in doubles.

Early life

Bucșa was born in Chișinău, Moldova. Her father, Ion Bucșa, is a former Olympic biathlete who was Moldova's flag bearer at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.[4][5] When she was three years old, her family moved to Cantabria in northern Spain; they originally moved to Las Fraguas before settling in Torrelavega.[6] Bucșa attended the Instituto Marqués De Santillana in Torrelavega, where she was awarded the title of Illustrious Alumna in December 2022.[7] She speaks Spanish, Romanian, English, and French.[8]

Bucșa began playing tennis at the age of five.[9][10] In 2014, she moved to Barcelona to train at the Centre d'Alt Rendiment de Sant Cugat del Vallès,[4][11] but in 2016 she moved back to Torrelavega where she currently lives and trains.[12] She is coached by her father, who is self-taught and also acts as her physiotherapist.[4][13] Being unsponsored, she buys her own kits and rackets for the tour.[12][14] She does not have any public social media profiles, only using Facebook to keep in touch with other tennis players.[15]

She received her Spanish passport in 2014 and began representing Spain in 2015.[4]

Career

2017–2020: ITF Circuit titles

Bucșa won her first ITF Circuit titles in both singles and doubles in 2017. In May 2017, she won the 15k event in Santarém, defeating Valeria Savinykh in the final.[16] In November 2017, she and doubles partner Yana Sizikova won the 2017 Open de Valencia, defeating Georgina García Pérez and Andrea Gámiz in the final.[17]

She entered the qualifiers of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, but lost to Samantha Murray Sharan in the second round.[18] One month later, she won the Open Araba en Femenino with a win over Shalimar Talbi in the final.[19]

2021–2022: Major and WTA 1000 debuts

She entered the singles main draw of a major for the first time at the 2021 US Open, after defeating Kateryna Baindl, Elvina Kalieva, and Océane Dodin in the qualifying competition.[20]

In 2022, she qualified for the Australian Open and the French Open, but lost in the first round of both.[21][22] Later that year, Bucsa also qualified for her first WTA 1000 event at the Canadian Open.[23][24] At the US Open, she recorded her first win at a Grand Slam by defeating Kaja Juvan, but lost to 19th seed Danielle Collins in the second round.[25] She and Weronika Falkowska won the doubles title at the Andorrà Open, defeating Angelina Gabueva and Anastasia Zakharova in the final.[26]

2023: Top 100 debut and major third round in singles

Bucșa reached the top 100 in the singles WTA rankings on 16 January 2023.[27][28] She qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round recording her first two wins at this major tournament over Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu.[29][30] She then lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in the third round.[31][32] This was her best result at a Grand Slam tournament thus far.[33] At the Lyon Open, she won her first WTA doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs.[34] At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the second round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time in her career, defeating Katie Swan as a qualifier.[35]

Bucșa made her main-draw debut at Wimbledon and defeated Kamilla Rakhimova for her first win at this major tournament, before losing to fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula in the second round.[36][37] She and Alena Fomina-Klotz won the doubles title at the Contrexéville Open, defeating Amina Anshba and Anastasia Dețiuc in the final.[38]

Bucșa entered the main draw of the Canadian Open as a lucky loser, but lost to Petra Martić in the first round.[39] On her debut at th Cincinnati Open, she upset 13th seed Belinda Bencic to reach the second round.[40] At the Guadalajara Open, she double bageled former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.[41] In mid-December, she won her first WTA 125 singles title at Limoges, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final. She also won the doubles title there, partnering Yana Sizikova and defeating Oksana Kalashnikova and Maia Lumsden in the final.[42]

2024: Olympics bronze, Madrid doubles title

Bucșa began her season by reaching the doubles semifinal of the Brisbane International with Alexandra Panova.[43] She qualified for the Adelaide International as a lucky loser and defeated Jasmine Paolini in the first round,[44] before losing to top seed Elena Rybakina in the second.[45][46] Following this, she reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 56, on 15 January 2024.[2] At the Australian Open, she reached the doubles quarterfinals with Panova.[47][48] As a result, she reached the top 50 in doubles on 29 January 2024.[2] In Abu Dhabi, she reached the quarterfinals as a lucky loser, but once again lost to top seed Rybakina.[49] In Doha, she and partner Monica Niculescu reached the doubles quarterfinal.[50] She then made her debut at the Dubai Championships as a lucky loser by replacing Ons Jabeur in the second round, but lost to eventual finalist Anna Kalinskaya.[51]

Seeded fourth in singles in Bogotá, she defeated You Xiaodi and Jule Niemeier, before losing to her doubles partner Kamilla Rakhimova in the quarterfinals.[52] She and Rakhimova later won the doubles title in Bogotá by defeating the third-seeded team of Anna Bondár and Irina Khromacheva in the final.[53] In Madrid, Bucșa defeated Harriet Dart,[54] before losing to 10th seed Daria Kasatkina in the second round.[55][56] Seeded eighth in doubles, she and compatriot Sara Sorribes Tormo won the title defeating Barbora Krejčíková and Laura Siegemund in the final, becoming the first all-Spanish doubles team to win in Madrid.[57][58][59] This was Bucșa's first WTA 1000 title, which brought her to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 27 on 6 May 2024.[60][61] The following month, Bucșa won her first WTA 500 doubles title in Strasbourg, partnering Niculescu and defeating Asia Muhammad and Aldila Sutjiadi in the final.[62] En route to the title, Bucșa and Niculescu upset the second-seeded team of Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani in the semifinal.[63]

In May, she recorded her first French Open singles win against qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva in the first round,[64][65] before losing to Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second.[66] In doubles, she and Niculescu upset the 14th-seeded team of Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round.[67] Following her French Open doubles run, she achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 19 and surpassed Sorribes Tormo as the top Spanish female doubles player on 10 June 2024.[68]

She made her Olympic debut in Paris, where she reached the second round in singles with a win over Petra Martić.[69] Seeded eighth in doubles with Sorribes Tormo, they won the bronze medal.[70] At the China Open, she reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard entrant Yao Xinxin, 11th seed Liudmila Samsonova and 24th seed Elise Mertens.[71][72] Her run was ended by Karolína Muchová.[73]

For her bronze medal win, Bucsa was commemorated on the Paseo Torre de la Vega in her hometown of Torrelavega, becoming the first female and first athlete to receive the honor.[74][75]

2025: First singles final, WTA 1000 doubles finalist

In March, Bucșa and Miyu Kato reached the doubles final of the Miami Open, but lost to Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider.[76][77][78] En route, they upset the top seeds and world No. 1 and No. 2 players, Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend.[79]

She defended her doubles title at the Copa Colsanitas with Sara Sorribes Tormo, defeating Laura Pigossi and Irina Bara in the final.[80][81]

At Wimbledon, Bucșa defeated Anca Todoni[82] and 22nd seed Donna Vekić[83] to reach the third round at the grass-court major for the first time, at which point her run was ended by lucky loser Solana Sierra.[84]

Teaming with Nicole Melichar-Martinez, she won the doubles title at the Monterrey Open, overcoming Guo Hanyu and Alexandra Panova in the final.[85] Wins over qualifier Claire Liu,[86] Alexandra Eala[87] and 19th seed Elise Mertens[88] saw Bucșa make it through to the fourth round of a major for the first time at the US Open, where she lost to world No. 1 and eventual champion, Aryna Sabalenka.[89]

In October at the Hong Kong Open, Bucșa defeated qualifier Ma Yexin[90] and eighth seed Emiliana Arango[91] to reach the quarterfinals, where she was given a walkover when her opponent, top seed Belinda Bencic, withdrew from the tournament due to a thigh injury.[92] In the semifinals, she overcame fifth seed Maya Joint to make it into her first tour singles final,[93][94] which she lost to third seed Victoria Mboko, in three sets.[95] Despite her defeat, Bucșa reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 3 November 2025.[96]

2026: First WTA singles title & top 10 win, top 30

Bucșa reached the top 50 in the singles rankings on 5 January 2026.[2]

At the Mérida Open, Bucșa recorded wins over Donna Vekić,[97] wildcard entrant Marina Stakusic,[98] Zeynep Sönmez[99] and top seed Jasmine Paolini, her first top-10 win,[100] to reach the final.[101] Bucșa defeated Magdalena Fręch in three sets to claim her first WTA Tour singles title.[102][103] Playing alongside Jiang Xinyu, she also won the doubles title at the same event, overcoming Isabelle Haverlag and Maia Lumsden in the final.[103][104] As a result of this performance, Bucșa rose 32 places in the WTA singles rankings to a new career-high in the singles rankings of world No. 31 on 2 March 2026,[105][106] and to the top 30 on 16 March 2026.[2]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2026 Mérida Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A Q1 Q1 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon Q2 NH Q3 Q2 2R 2R 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
US Open Q1 A 1R 2R 1R 1R 4R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 3–4 2–4 6–4 0–1 0 / 17 12–17 41%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open[a] A A NTI A NTI A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Dubai[a] A A Q1 NTI Q1 2R[b] Q1 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Indian Wells Open A NH A A 2R 1R Q2 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami Open A NH A A Q1 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A NH A Q1 1R 2R 2R[b] 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Italian Open A A A Q2 1R 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canadian Open A NH A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A 2R Q1 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Guadalajara Open NH A 2R NTI 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A NH Q2 4R 2R 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Wuhan Open A NH 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–6 4–8 2–5 1–3 0 / 23 10–23 30%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0 0 6 9 19 21 19 6 Career total: 80
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Career total: 2
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–6 6–9 7–13 14–13 7–6 1 / 50 37–49 43%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 3–7 5–6 1–3 0 / 22 11–22 33%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–3 0 / 9 5–9 36%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–6 4–9 10–19 13–21 18–19 7–6 1 / 81 53–80 40%
Year-end ranking[c] 164 161 159 107 83 71 54 $4,571,607

Doubles

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R QF 1R 3R 0 / 4 6–4 60%
French Open A A A A 1R 3R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A NH A A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A A A 2R 1R 3R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 6–4 2–4 2–1 0 / 12 12–13 48%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH B NH 0 / 1 4–1 80%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open[a] NMS A NMS A NMS A 1R QF 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Dubai[a] A NMS A NMS A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 1R 1R SF 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Miami Open A A A A A 1R F 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Madrid Open A A A 1R A W 1R 1 / 3 5–2 71%
Italian Open A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Guadalajara Open NH A 1R NTI 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A NH A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wuhan Open A NH 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 7–7 9–10 6–3 1 / 23 22–22 50%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 2 5 10 20 23 8 Career total: 70
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 Career total: 8
Finals 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 Career total: 12
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–2 5–5 8–9 34–15 22–21 16–7 8 / 70 86–61 59%
Year-end ranking[d] 246 270 242 151 66 19 29

Mixed doubles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournaments 2024 SR W–L
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 2–3 0 / 3 2–3

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2024 Madrid Open Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo Barbora Krejčíková
Laura Siegemund 		6–0, 6–2
Loss 2025 Miami Open Hard Miyu Kato Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider 		3–6, 7–6(7–5), [2–10]

Summer Olympics

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo Karolína Muchová
Linda Nosková 		6–2, 6–2

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (–)
WTA 1000 (–)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (–)
Grass (–)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (–)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2025 Hong Kong Open, China SAR WTA 250 Hard Victoria Mboko 5–7, 7–6(11–9), 2–6
Won 1–1 Mar 2026 Mérida Open, Mexico WTA 500 Hard Magdalena Fręch 6–1, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (–)
WTA 1000 (1–1)
WTA 500 (3–1)
WTA 250 (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (–)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (7–4)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 Portorož Open, Slovenia WTA 250 Hard Tereza Mihalíková Marta Kostyuk
Tereza Martincová 		4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2023 Lyon Open, France WTA 250 Hard (i) Bibiane Schoofs Olga Danilović
Alexandra Panova 		7–6(5), 6–3
Win 2–1 Apr 2024 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Kamilla Rakhimova Anna Bondár
Irina Khromacheva 		7–6(5), 3–6, [10–8]
Win 3–1 May 2024 Madrid Open, Spain WTA 1000 Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo Barbora Krejčíková
Laura Siegemund 		6–0, 6–2
Win 4–1 May 2024 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 500 Clay Monica Niculescu Asia Muhammad
Aldila Sutjiadi 		3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 5–1 Aug 2024 Tennis in Cleveland, US WTA 250 Hard Xu Yifan Shuko Aoyama
Eri Hozumi 		3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 5–2 Oct 2024 Japan Women's Open, Japan WTA 250 Hard Monica Niculescu Laura Siegemund
Ena Shibahara 		6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 5–3 Mar 2025 Miami Open, US WTA 1000 Hard Miyu Kato Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider 		3–6, 7–6(5), [2–10]
Win 6–3 Mar 2025 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2) WTA 250 Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo Irina Bara
Laura Pigossi 		5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 7–3 Aug 2025 Monterrey Open, Mexico WTA 500 Hard Nicole Melichar-Martinez Guo Hanyu
Alexandra Panova 		6–2, 6–0
Loss 7–4 Jan 2026 Brisbane International, Australia WTA 500 Hard Ellen Perez Hsieh Su-wei
Jeļena Ostapenko 		2–6, 1–6
Win 8–4 Mar 2026 Mérida Open, Mexico WTA 500 Hard Jiang Xinyu Isabelle Haverlag
Maia Lumsden 		6–4, 6–1

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Elsa Jacquemot 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 Concord Open, US Hard Usue Maitane Arconada Peangtarn Plipuech
Jessy Rompies 		6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 1–1 Dec 2022 Andorrà Open, Andorra Hard (i) Weronika Falkowska Angelina Gabueva
Anastasia Zakharova 		7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 2023 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Alena Fomina-Klotz Amina Anshba
Anastasia Dețiuc 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Aug 2023 Chicago Challenger, United States Hard Alexandra Panova Ulrikke Eikeri
Ingrid Neel 		walkover
Win 3–2 Dec 2023 Open Angers, France Hard (i) Monica Niculescu Anna Danilina
Alexandra Panova 		6–1, 6–3
Win 4–2 Dec 2023 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Yana Sizikova Oksana Kalashnikova
Maia Lumsden 		6–4, 6–1
Win 5–2 Jun 2025 Birmingham Open, UK Grass Destanee Aiava Alicia Barnett
Elixane Lechemia 		6–4, 6–2
Win 6–2 Dec 2025 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Zhang Shuai Elsa Jacquemot
Jessika Ponchet 		6–3, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000 Clay Amanda Carreras 5–7, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2016 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Nuria Párrizas Díaz 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–2 May 2017 ITF Santarém, Portugal 15,000 Hard Valeria Savinykh 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–2 Jul 2018 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Clay Jil Teichmann 7–6(4), 6–1
Loss 2–3 Nov 2018 ITF Nules, Spain 15,000 Clay Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 2–4 May 2019 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Clay Nadia Podoroska 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 3–4 Jul 2019 ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 25,000 Hard Shalimar Talbi 6–0, 6–4
Win 4–4 Nov 2019 Open Nantes, France 60,000 Hard (i) Tamara Korpatsch 6–2, 6–7(11), 7–6(6)
Loss 4–5 Sep 2020 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$10,000 tournaments (1–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Eva Guerrero Álvarez Priscilla Hon
Aliona Bolsova 		0–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2017 ITF Santarém, Portugal 10,000 Hard Ksenia Kuznetsova Valeria Savinykh
Valeriya Strakhova 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Noelia Zeballos Andrea Gámiz
Aleksandrina Naydenova 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Sep 2017 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium 10,000 Clay Cristina Adamescu Sara Cakarevic
Magali Kempen 		4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 0–5 Sep 2017 Open de Biarritz, France 80,000 Clay Isabelle Wallace Irina Bara
Mihaela Buzărnescu 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–6 Nov 2017 ITF Benicar, Spain 10,000 Clay Elixane Lechemia Noelia Bouzó Zanotti
Ángeles Moreno Barranquero 		3–6, 4–6
Win 1–6 Nov 2017 Open de Valencia, Spain 25,000 Clay Yana Sizikova Georgina García Pérez
Andrea Gámiz 		7–6(1), 7–6(5)
Win 2–6 May 2018 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Hard Yana Sizikova Sarah Beth Grey
Olivia Nicholls 		6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 2–7 Jun 2018 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay María Herazo González Eleni Kordolaimi
Elixane Lechemia 		4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 2–8 Jul 2018 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Clay Ramu Ueda Montserrat González
Laura Pigossi 		5–7, 0–6
Win 3–8 Sep 2018 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60.000 Clay María Herazo González Alexandra Cadanțu
Diāna Marcinkēviča 		4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss 3–9 Oct 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Diāna Marcinkēviča Michaëlla Krajicek
Ingrid Neel 		2–6, 2–6
Win 4–9 Nov 2018 ITF Nules, Spain 10,000 Clay Claudia Hoste Ferrer Marina Bassols Ribera
Júlia Payola 		7–6(3), 6–3
Win 5–9 Feb 2018 AK Ladies Open, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Rosalie van der Hoek Marie Benoît
Katarzyna Piter 		5–7, 6–3, [12–10]
Win 6–9 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Georgina García Pérez Sofia Shapatava
Emily Webley-Smith 		7–5, 7–5
Win 7–9 Apr 2019 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Marta Kostyuk Sharon Fichman
Jaimee Fourlis 		6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 7–10 Nov 2019 ITF Saint-Étienne, France 25,000 Hard (i) Julia Wachaczyk Marina Melnikova
Laura Ioana Paar 		3–6, 7–6(7), [9–11]
Win 8–10 Mar 2022 ITF Le Havre, France 25,000 Clay Georgina García Pérez Diāna Marcinkēviča
Chiara Scholl 		6–4, 6–3
Win 9–10 Nov 2022 Open de Valencia, Spain 80,000+H Clay Ylena In-Albon Irina Khromacheva
Iryna Shymanovich 		6–3, 6–2

Wins against top 10 players

  • Bucșa has a 1–10 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[107]
No. Player Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk Years Ref
1 Jasmine Paolini 7 Mérida Open, Mexico Hard SF 7–5, 6–4 63 2026
  • Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ a b Qualified directly into the second round as a lucky loser. Counted as zero wins and one loss.
  3. ^ 2013: WTA ranking - 1203, 2014: WTA ranking - 1193, 2015: WTA ranking - 757, 2016: WTA ranking - 798, 2017: WTA ranking - 415, 2018: WTA ranking - 346.
  4. ^ 2015: WTA ranking - 1167, 2016: WTA ranking - 1278, 2017: WTA ranking - 284, 2018: WTA ranking - 172.

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