Elina Avanesyan vs Caroline Dolehide Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Mutua Madrid Open

Prediction published on 21/04/2025, 09:14  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 21/04/2025 at 10:11 in Tennis Predictions

Two unseeded players meet in the first round in Madrid. Caroline Dolehide takes on Elina Avanesyan with the winner facing 18th seed Liudmila Samsonova in round two. Here's our match prediction.

Caroline Dolehide is ranked 71st and that's 35 places below her opponent in this outdoor clay court match. The American has lost her last two matches against Avanesyan. They've only met once on this surface and Dolehide won that in the 2022 French Open qualifying rounds.

This year has seen her make it to one hard court quarter-final but has struggled for consistency with more success in doubles. This is her second clay court tournament of the year. The other was in Charleston where the 26-year-old lost in round two to Madison Keys.

World number 37 Elina Avanesyan may have lost to Dolehide at Roland Garros but two visits since then have both seen her reach round four. The 22-year-old has won five ITF clay court titles and reached seven other finals. The Armenian has played in one WTA Tour clay court final.

This year has seen her win 11 of her 20 matches with two WTA Tour semi-finals reached in Hobart and Merida. This is her first clay court tournament of 2025. We tip her to beat Dolehide in this match.