Yulia Putintseva vs Caroline Dolehide Prediction Ningbo Open Tennis Picks 10/14/24

Yulia Putintseva and Caroline Dolehide meet in the first round of the 2024 Ningbo Open. The match is scheduled for Monday, October 14, 2024. Here’s our Yulia Putintseva vs Caroline Dolehide prediction. This preview will also contain a Yulia Putintseva vs Caroline Dolehide pick.

Yulia Putintseva vs Caroline Dolehide Preview

Yulia Putintseva snapped her three-match losing streak at the Wuhan Open, where she scored two good wins against Shuai Zhang and Donna Vekic. She played so well for a set and a half against her good friend Aryna Sabalenka in the round of 16, but she didn’t have the energy to close out the match in straight sets.

The action comes thick and fast in the remaining weeks of the season. With most players already calling it quits and beginning early vacation, Putintseva wants to lock a Top 30 spot this year and thereby give herself the comfort of being seeded at the Australian Open next year.

Putintseva has compiled a 37-21 record in 2024, winning one title on the grass courts of Birmingham. She has won 20 matches on hard courts, with her best result on the surface being a quarterfinal run at the Miami Open. She is currently ranked outside the Top 30 (32nd).

Caroline Dolehide is a modest 14-25 for the season. She was part of the WTA’s Top 50 for most of this season, but failure to defend her runner-up points from Guadalajara has seen her ranking tank to outside the Top 100. 

Dolehide has lost her last four matches on the WTA Tour, including a total shellacking against Wang Xinyu in Wuhan, where she only won four games. She has one win in her last eight matches and that solitary victory was a big one because she defeated countrywoman Danielle Collins in her last US Open appearance.

Yulia Putintseva vs Caroline Dolehide Head-To-Head

• Yulia Putintseva leads Caroline Dolehide 2-0 in their head-to-head.

• They met twice this year, with Putintseva winning their most recent match at the Birmingham Classic in three sets.

Yulia Putintseva vs Caroline Dolehide Prediction

Dolehide has fallen off big time in the last few months and her ranking provides plenty of evidence. When you dissect her skillset, it’s quite a mystery how she has not been able to achieve consistent results at the WTA level, but her biggest weaknesses remain her rally tolerance and poor shot execution. Back Putintseva to make light work of the American World No. 101 here.