Amanda Anisimova vs Katie Boulter Beijing Prediction 9/26/2025 Today’s Tennis Picks

Third seed Amanda Anisimova will face World No. 54 Katie Boulter in the second round of the 2025 China Open in Beijing. The match is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 26. Here’s our Amanda Anisimova vs Katie Boulter prediction. This preview will also include an Amanda Anisimova vs Katie Boulter pick.

Amanda Anisimova vs Katie Boulter Preview

Amanda Anisimova is the number three seed at the China Open. She is making her third main draw appearance in Beijing. Anisimova lost in the first round on her debut in 2019 and reached the round of 16 last year with victories over Camila Osorio and Daria Kasatkina before losing to home player Qinwen Zheng. 

Anisimova is already a champion at the WTA 1000, having bagged the Qatar Open in Doha earlier this year. She has compiled 39 wins and 16 losses. She is a two-time Grand Slam finalist in what is officially her career-best season. Anisimova still has one more important goal before the regular season ends and that is to qualify for the WTA Finals. She is in a very good position to qualify and can even do so this week.

Katie Boulter kicked off her campaign in Beijing with a three-set win over Hailey Baptiste. It was a tightly contested match that lasted almost three hours and took 34 games to decide. Boulter won the first set 7-5 after 51 minutes. It was Baptiste who dominated the second set, although she needed two attempts to close out the set 7-5.

Boulter made the best possible start in the decider, breaking Baptiste twice to take a 3-0 lead. While she did give away one of the breaks back, Boulter was faultless in seeing out the match. She finished the match with two aces and seven double faults. Boulter landed 59% of first serves in play and won 67% of first serve points (42/63). She won 53% of second serve points (23/43) and saved one of five break points in the match.

Amanda Anisimova vs Katie Boulter Head-To-Head

Anisimova and Boulter have not played before this.

Amanda Anisimova vs Katie Boulter Prediction

I fancy Boulter to win at least six games in this match. She is pushing for a top 50 return and she has actually played better tennis this month from the Billie Jean King Cup and now in her opening win against Baptiste. Her second serve still remains a weakness though, and a quality returner like Anisimova will surely take full advantage of any openings. The American wants to qualify for the WTA Finals this tournament and she can take an enormous step by winning this match.