Number 13 seed Amanda Anisimova will face feisty Kazakh Yulia Putintseva in the first round of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships on Monday, June 30. Here’s our Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva prediction. This preview will also include an Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva pick.

Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva Preview
Amanda Anisimova is seeded a high of No. 13 at this year’s Wimbledon Championships. The American was ranked outside the Top 100 at this time last year and had to play qualifying at SW19. She was unsuccessful after losing in the third round of qualifying to Eva Lys.

But Anisimova has enjoyed a great run at the grass-court major. She was a quarterfinalist during her last main draw appearance, beating Coco Gauff en route. Anisimova is now sitting at a career-high ranking of No. 13 after a resurgent year. She won her first WTA 1000 in Doha and is 25-12 for the season.

Anisimova has won nine of her last 12 matches in all competitions. In that time, she reached the second week of Roland Garros and was a runner-up at the WTA 500 at Queen’s, which was on grass. Anisimova last competed in Berlin where she reached the quarterfinals (lost to Samsonova).

Yulia Putintseva is having a tough 2025 season, falling off from a career-high ranking of No. 20 to No. 34. And the Kazakh faces an imminent ranking drop after Wimbledon if she fails to defend fourth round points from last season. Putintseva memorably made the second week of Wimbledon 12 months ago, earning her career-best win by beating Iga Swiatek.

It was an unexpected but largely productive grass swing for Putintseva who won the Birmingham title before that run at SW19. Putintseva has failed to replicate that success so far this time, going out before the quarterfinals in three warm-up tournaments.

Her most recent defeat was in Bad Homburg where she lost to Maria Sakkari in straight sets and tempers flared between the two players after the match. Putintseva will be keen to wipe the slate clean and aim to cause one of the biggest shocks on day one of the tournament against a seeded player.

Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva Head-To-Head
Anisimova and Putintseva have met four times. Anisimova leads Putintseva 3-1 in the head-to-head. Putintseva won their only Grand Slam meeting at the 2022 US Open. These two players have never clashed on grass before.

Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva Prediction
I think this will be a high-quality match despite Putintseva’s long odds for the upset. The Kazakh is defending fourth round points in the tournament and failure to reach the second week could have significant ranking implications. But it is Anisimova who has been flying high and is having an excellent season. She was a runner-up in one of the warm-up tournaments on grass and that should help her cause to a hard-fought victory.

Nur Said's Pick: Amanda Anisimova in three sets