Cristina Bucșa (born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings of world No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and of No. 41 in doubles, set on 29 January 2024.
2018
Bucșa won her first bigger ITF Circuit title 2018 at the Open de Saint-Malo, in the doubles draw, partnering María Fernanda Herazo.
She qualified for a singles main draw in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open.
At the 2022 French Open, Bucșa qualified into her second major main draw for the season, following the Australian Open.
At the Canadian Open, she made her WTA 1000 debut as a qualifier.
2019
She recorded her first match at a major at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, then losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins.
She reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023, before she qualified for the Australian Open and recorded her first two wins at this major defeating Eva Lys and Bianca Andreescu.
She then lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek.
At the Lyon Open, she won her first doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs.
As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 61, on 6 February 2023.
In Indian Wells, she reached the second round of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career as a qualifier defeating Katie Swan.
Bucșa made her debut at Wimbledon, defeating Kamilla Rakhimova for her first win at this major.
She entered the main draw of the Canadian Open as a lucky loser and reached the second round on her debut at the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open, upsetting 13th seed Belinda Bencic.
At the next WTA 1000, the Guadalajara Open, she double bageled former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.
In mid-December, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Open de Limoges, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final.
Bucșa had a low-key start to the season.
She participated in the Brisbane International, and in singles she did not make it past the second round, but in doubles, with partner Alexandra Panova they reached the semifinals.
Soon after, she participated in the Adelaide International in which in singles, she went trough qualifying and reached the second round in the main draw but lost to top seed Elena Rybakina.
After that, she entered the Australian Open.
Prior to that Major she reached a new career high singles ranking of No. 56 on 15 January 2024.
In singles, she lost in the first round, but in doubles with Panova they reached the quarterfinals.
As a result, she reached the top 50 in doubles.
Continuing her campaign on hard courts, now in the Middle East, Bucșa participated in the Abu Dhabi Open, where as a lucky loser, she reached the quarterfinals and once again, lost to top seed Elena Rybakina.
She made her debut at the next tournament, the WTA 1000 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships where she replaced fifth seed Ons Jabeur also as a lucky loser, this time directly into the second round.
Cristina is coached by her father Ion Bucșa.
She trains and lives in Cantabria, Spain.
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.
