Arantxa Rus vs Viktorija Golubic Prediction & Betting Tips - Transylvania Open

Prediction published on 02/02/2025, 06:14  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 02/02/2025 at 07:15 in Tennis Predictions

Two unseeded players meet in the first round of the Indoor hard court Transylvania Open. Arantxa Rus takes on Viktorija Golubic  The winner will face either top seed Anastasia Potapova or unseeded Julia Grabher. Here's our match prediction.

Viktorija Golubic is 113th in the live rankings which is 25 places below her opponent. In the Live Race (based on ranking points earned this year) it's a different story with Golubic in 27th on Sunday February 2, 70 places above Rus.

This year has seen the Swiss player play just one tournament. That was the Australian Open with three qualifying matches won before a three-set loss to Elise Mertens. 2024 ended well for her with two successive hard court titles won in China and France.

That Chinese triumph included beating Rus in the quarter-finals. 13 of her last 14 matches have been won.

Arantxa Rus is playing her fourth tournament of the year but has only won one match in 2025. That was a win over Stacey Fung in Hobart who was ranked 253rd at the time. Since then the Spaniard has lost both of her matches.

The most recent loss was to Olga Danilovic in the Australian Open first round. We tip Golubic to win this match.