Maria Sakkari vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Prediction 4/15/25 Rouen Tennis Picks

Maria Sakkari and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro meet in the first round of the 2025 WTA Rouen Open on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Here’s our Maria Sakkari vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro prediction. This preview will also include a Maria Sakkari vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro pick.

Maria Sakkari Preview

Maria Sakkari recently fell outside the top 80 after an inconsistent start to the 2025 season. Sakkari has compiled just seven wins from 19 matches and is coming off a 1-6, 4-6 loss to Qinwen Zheng in Charleston. She hasn’t won back-to-back matches all season. Sakkari is still adjusting to life after recovering from a shoulder injury that ended her 2024 season at the US Open. 

Last year, Sakkari tallied a 9-5 record on clay courts, recoding her best results on the surface in Charleston (semifinals), and reached the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 in Madrid and Rome and the Olympic Games. This will be Sakkari’s first appearance in Rouen as she gets her European clay swing underway in France.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Preview

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro is the higher-ranked player in this match. She is ranked 69th in the WTA rankings, although she was previously on the cusp of a Top 50 breakthrough.

Bouzas Maneiro enjoyed a good start to the season, beating Sakkari at the United Cup, but struggled for wins on hard courts in the first three months, in which she won two more matches after that. Her fortunes changed when she played on clay in the Antalya 125K. She reached her first quarterfinal of the season there and lost to Jimenez Kasintseva.

The Spaniard competed more recently at the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying, where she helped Spain reach the Finals. Bouzas Maneiro scored two crucial wins over Haddad Maia and Czech Linda Noskova.

Maria Sakkari vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Head-To-Head

• Sakkari and Bouzas Maneiro have played once. The Spaniard won that meeting at the 2025 United Cup.

Maria Sakkari vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Prediction

Sakkari is out of form, and I reckon she’s in a slump right now. The ranking is a testament to this claim. Her ceiling is definitely higher than Bouzas Maneiro’s, at least on clay, but her confidence is on the floor. Her serve is wildly inconsistent, and her shots lack depth and precision. The only tiny bit of an advantage Sakkari has is that she will be fresh for this match after playing in Charleston over a week ago, unlike Bouzas Maneiro, who took part in the BJK Cup qualifying in Ostrava over the weekend. But that won’t make a decisive difference here if Bouzas Maneiro remains steady and solid from the baseline.