Diana Shnaider vs Marketa Vondrousova Prediction WTA Adelaide Tennis Picks 1/8/25

Diana Shnaider notched her first win of the season at the 2025 WTA Adelaide Internationa. The Russian lefty beat Katerina Siniakova by the bizarre score of 6-3, 0-6, 6-0 in an hour and 42 minutes.

Shnaider recorded two aces and five double faults in the match. She got 52% of her first serves in play and won 64% of first-serve points (34/53). 

Shnaider won 43% of second-serve points (13/30) and saved six of nine break points on her serve. She won 45% of return points and converted four of 14 break points on the Siniakova serve.

This is Shnaider's first appearance in Adelaide and this win is already an improvement from 12 months ago when she lost all three matches on Australian soil.

Marketa Vondrousova Preview

Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was among the winners on Monday at the 2025 WTA Adelaide International. Vondrousova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in three sets.

The match lasted two hours and 44 minutes and took 31 games to decide. Vondrousova prevailed 6-4, 6-7, 6-2. It is the Czech's first win since the 2024 Berlin Open when she beat Rebeka Masarova in the opening round.

Vondrousova recorded an impressive 22 aces and eight double faults. She landed 62% of first serves in play and won 71% of first-serve points (52/73).

Vondrousova won 43% of second-serve points (19/44) and saved 14 of 17 break points. The 25-year-old won 47% of return points (55/118) and converted six of 13 break points.

Diana Shnaider and Marketa Vondrousova Head-To-Head

• Shnaider and Vondrousova have no previous history at the WTA level, so this will be their first meeting.

Diana Shnaider and Marketa Vondrousova Prediction

Shnaider was one of the standout players on the WTA Tour this past year in which she won 55 matches and lost only 23. With four titles spread across all surfaces, no woman could claim that accolade last season. She was a sensation, to say the least, and should have been awarded the Most Improved Player of the Year trophy if it were not for the breakthrough year of Emma Navarro.

That said, this should be a litmus test of Shnaider's ambitions. The top 10 is within reach as she is only three spots away and the good thing is that she doesn't defend any points during the Australian swing. So any wins she can rack up between now and the end of January will count toward her ranking surge. Vondrousova only returned to competition recently after spending the whole second half of last season in the treatment room because of a shoulder injury. It's an intriguing battle of the lefties, but I'm with Shnaider who has much consistency and power off the ground to hit through a very vulnerable Vondrousova.