Singapore Open 2025: Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick

Match Details

Fixture: (7) Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa

Date: January 27, 2025

Tournament: Singapore Open 2025

Round: First Round (Round of 32)

Venue: Kallang Tennis Centre, Singapore

Category: WTA 250

Surface: Hardcourts (Indoors)

Prize Money: US$275,094

Live Telecast: USA - ESPN & Tennis Channel | UK - Eurosport | India - Sony Sports & Sony LIV

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Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa preview

The opening round of the 2025 Singapore Open will have Emma Radcanu take on Cristina Bucsa in an intriguing encounter on Monday.

Raducanu, the seventh seed at this year’s tournament, comes into Singapore having made the third round at the Australian Open. She scored solid wins over big hitters in Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova before being bundled out by Iga Swiatek.

The Briton had earlier delayed her start to the 2025 season due to an injury scare, and will be keen on moving past those concerns to improve her 2-1 win-loss record.

Bucsa has a negative win-loss record for the year. (Source: Getty)

Busca, meanwhile, has won only one match in her three tournaments this year. She opened with first-round losses against Anca Todoni and Katerina Siniakova at Brisbane and Adelaide, respectively, before showing some fight at the Australian Open.

The Spaniard’s campaign at the Grand Slam began with a win over Chloe Paquet. She then gave 30th seed Leylah Fernandez but went down in three sets to amount for the 1-3 win-loss.

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Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa head-to-head

Raducanu and Bucsa have never crossed paths on the Tour before, so their current head-to-head stands at a 0-0 deadlock.

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Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa odds

Player	Moneyline	Handicap Bets	Total Games
Emma Raducanu	-375	-1.5 (-145)	Over 20.5 (-110)
Cristina Bucsa	+280	+1.5 (+100)	Under 20.5 (-135)

All odds sourced from BETMGM

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Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa prediction

Raducanu will be the facorite to win on paper. (Source: Getty)

Given the gulf in the level of experience between the two players, Emma Raducanu will come into the contest as the favorite to win. She will, however, need to wary of her opponent.

Cristina Bucsa has a well-rounded that can trouble even the best on hardcourts. She beat Grand Slam winner Bianca Andreeca at the 2023 Australian en-route to the third round and again showed just what she capable of against Leylah Fernandez this year.

The Spaniard, much like Raducanu, likes to take the groundstrokes and can play a heavy forehand to push opponents onto the backfoot. She is also an accomplished doubles player and has honed her skills in the front court.

For Raducanu, the key will be to assert her dominance from the baseline. She is the better server and the more powerful player off the ground and will need to use that to mount pressure on her opponent, especially off the return as Bucsa does not have the biggest of serves.

The Spaniard is unlikely to go down without a fight but Raducanu, if she can keep her error count in check, should be able to battle her way through this one.

Prediction: Raducanu to win in two tight sets