Varvara Gracheva vs Sonay Kartal Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Rouen

Prediction published on 13/04/2025, 10:30  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 13/04/2025 at 11:23 in Tennis Predictions

Sonay Kartal is the eighth seed for the Open de Rouen. The British player faces unseeded Varvara Gracheva in the first round of this indoor clay court tournament. Can Kartal avoid a seeding upset? Here's our match prediction.

In the live rankings, Kartal is at a career-high 59th and is the British number three behind Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu. The 23-year-old had a successful weekend with a couple of singles wins in the Billie Jean King Cup.

Those two wins were her first clay court matches since 2023. Her record on this surface is good with 33 of her 43 matches won. Two ITF titles have been won with another final reached. The winner of this match faces either Maria Sakkari or Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Varvara Gracheva is eight places below Kartal in the live rankings. The French player has been struggling for form with three of her last four matches being lost. This is her second clay court tournament of the year. The other being in Charleston, where the 24-year-old lost to Elise Mertens in round two.

Gracheva reached round four at Roland Garros last year and won seven ITF clay court titles in the early part of her career. We go for over 19.5 games to be played.