Day 1 at the WTA Madrid Open features a plethora of entertaining matches. Home favorite Jessica Bouzas Maneiro faces a struggling Beatriz Haddad Maia. Who will reach the second round?<\/p>\n
WTA Madrid Day 1 Predictions
\nLaura Siegemund vs Irina-Camelia Begu<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: Siegemund 4-1 Begu<\/p>\n
Begu is back from her tennis hiatus. Last October, the Romanian announced that she was taking an indefinite break from the sport due to health and energy challenges. Siegemund is never an ideal opponent to face right out of the gate, especially on clay. Her slice-heavy baseline wrecks rhythm. And for Begu, this is a brutal opener just as she aims to find her feet after a lengthy absence.
Prediction: Siegemund in 3<\/p>\n
Anna Bondar vs Viktorija Golubic<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n
Bondar has seven wins from her last nine matches, and she\u2019s played some solid tennis at the start of this swing. The Hungarian is coming off a quarterfinal run in Rouen, where she lost to an in-form Sorana Cirstea. Golubic is playing for the first time since that Billie Jean King Cup qualifying heartbreak for Switzerland against Czechia. Golubic lost two singles rubbers, and the 33-year-old\u2019s solitary main draw win at the WTA level this season was in early February. This should be Bondar\u2019s match to control.
Prediction: Bondar in 2<\/p>\n
Peyton Stearns vs Lois Boisson<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been months since Lois Boisson last competed on Tour. The Frenchwoman has been out of action due to chronic injury issues, but she\u2019s set to appear at long last. Her first match back is straight into the Madrid altitude. Stearns is having a decent season, although she\u2019s been up-and-down form-wise since that title success in Austin. Stearns has recorded two match wins from her last three tournaments. That said, I don\u2019t expect Boisson to snap back and find her best tennis<\/a> immediately. Stearns handles clay well enough to ease into the second round. Beatriz Haddad Maia vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro<\/p>\n Head-to-head: Bouzas Maneiro 2-0 Haddad Maia<\/p>\n Haddad Maia was a quarterfinalist in this tournament just two seasons ago. However, the Brazilian is coming off a dismal 2025 campaign, where she won just 16 matches and lost 26 times. Any signs of improvement have been futile so far, with Haddad Maia performing well below expectations in 2026. Madrid conditions should suit her massive ball striking, but right now, Haddad Maia\u2019s confidence is shaky. Bouzas Maneiro has edged her twice in close matches and the Spaniard has home comfort as a huge advantage to notch a third win in the head-to-head. Main Photo Credit: Albert Cesare\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Day 1 at the WTA Madrid Open features a plethora of entertaining matches. Home favorite Jessica Bouzas Maneiro…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[93760,93761,70619,139818,187325,187326,87074,87075,145013,145014,64547,64548,8165,140966,101,118,30554,30555,56,54,55,97483,99676,187327],"class_list":{"0":"post-543928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-anna-bondar","9":"tag-anna-bondar-predictions","10":"tag-beatriz-haddad-maia","11":"tag-beatriz-haddad-maia-predictions","12":"tag-irina-camelia-begu","13":"tag-irina-camelia-begu-predictions","14":"tag-jessica-bouzas-maneiro","15":"tag-jessica-bouzas-maneiro-predictions","16":"tag-laura-siegemund","17":"tag-laura-siegemund-predictions","18":"tag-lois-boisson","19":"tag-lois-boisson-predictions","20":"tag-peyton-stearns","21":"tag-peyton-stearns-predictions","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-tennis","24":"tag-tennis-picks","25":"tag-tennis-predictions","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom","28":"tag-unitedkingdom","29":"tag-viktorija-golubic","30":"tag-viktorija-golubic-predictions","31":"tag-wta-madrid-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prediction: Stearns in 2<\/p>\n
Prediction: Bouzas Maneiro in 3<\/p>\n