Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Beatriz Haddad Maia Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA French Open

Prediction published on 27/05/2024, 02:51  by Daniel Ngulu in Tennis Predictions

Beatriz Haddad Maia, the 13th seed, will begin her French Open campaign with a first-round showdown against unseeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto. The winner will then play Cristina Bucsa or Yuliia Starodubtseva next. Elisabetta Cocciaretto is defending 130 points, won in her run to the third round last year. This was her best result at this major. The Italian has qualified for the main draw here for the third time. This season she has struggled with a lack of consistency and currently has compiled a 17-14 record. She has won seven of 13 matches on clay and has only once progressed past the second round at a tour event. This was in Rabat where she qualified for the quarter-finals right before arriving in Paris. Despite the run in Rabat, Cocciaretto will start the week down five places to 56th in the live ranking.

Beatriz Haddad Maia produced her best-ever result at a Grand Slam in last year’s French Open. The Brazilian battled her way through to the semi-finals and is defending 780 points. Before her unexpected run, Maia had only twice qualified for the main draw here and had never progressed past the second round. This run saw her break into the WTA top 10. The 27-year-old has since dropped to 18th in the world after a rocky campaign. Maia has compiled a 15-14 record and has recorded seven of her wins on clay. A semi-finalist in Abu Dhabi this year, Maia is coming off a quarter-final run in Strasbourg. This extended her run of not losing an opening-round match to six tournaments.