Karolina Muchova vs Alycia Parks Prediction 5/27/25 French Open Tennis Picks

Karolina Muchova and Alycia Parks meet in the first round of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros. The match is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27. Here’s our Karolina Muchova vs Alycia Parks prediction. This preview will also include a Karolina Muchova vs Alycia Parks pick.

Karolina Muchova Preview

Karolina Muchova is the 14th seed, making her sixth French Open main draw appearance. Muchova hasn’t competed at Roland Garros in two years. Her last match was in 2023, the year she made her first Grand Slam final and lost to Iga Swiatek, although she returned to the venue last summer to play at the Paris Olympics and lost in the opening round to Leylah Fernandez. Before that, Muchova’s best result in the tournament was two third-round finishes. 

Muchova played six matches on clay in total last season, reaching the final in Palermo and losing to Qinwen Zheng. This year, Muchova missed all key tuneup tournaments for the French Open. She withdrew from Madrid due to illness and battled a wrist injury before Rome. So, she arrives in Paris without any matches under her belt.

Alycia Parks Preview

Alycia Parks is ranked 52nd in the WTA rankings. This will be her second main draw appearance at the French Open. Parks lost in the opening round to Marketa Vondrousova when she competed here two summers ago. Last year, she was knocked out in qualifying.

This season, Parks has played five tournaments on clay, winning once and losing five matches. Each of her five defeats has been in straight sets and has picked up eight games across her last two matches against Jaqueline Cristian in Rome and Anna Bondar in Parma. Parks’ best results have been on hard courts. She’s won 11 matches there and was a semifinalist in the opening tournament of the season in Auckland. 

Karolina Muchova vs Alycia Parks Head-To-Head

Muchova and Parks have no history at this level. This will be their first meeting. Muchova will be playing her first match on clay since the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Karolina Muchova vs Alycia Parks Prediction

Nobody would argue that Muchova is the finer claycourter in this matchup. She’s got a Roland Garros runner-up trophy to her name and has solid credentials on this surface. Players hate to play Muchova on clay simply because of her crafty game. But the Czech’s health struggles are well-documented, and this is crazy money that the bookies are offering for Parks to pull off the upset, although it is highly unlikely to happen. But the set handicap does offer a realistic shot. Muchova hasn’t even played a match this swing, and her last outing was in Miami at the end of March. Parks has a big serve and powerful groundstrokes to capitalize against a rusty opponent, potentially racking up her service games early doors and going big off her returns in that first. This match is ripe for an upset and it is whether Parks has the discipline to take advantage of it.