2025 Wimbledon - Women's Discussion

[Mark-Touch]

Absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event --- like WWIII, Wimbledon 2025 will start June 30, 2025
with qualies beginning the week before.
So get your strawberries and cream ready!

All WTA discussion (singles and doubles) pre-Wimbledon, during match play and post-Wimbledon is welcome in this thread.

Qualies Draw.
Prize Money.
Prize Money $U.S.
Main Draw.

If you voted Other in the poll, please let us know who you think will win below.

 

[tennis24x7]

I am 90 % sure someone other than top 4 will win it this time!

 

[Mark-Touch]

I am 90 % sure someone other than top 4 will win it this time!

I hope you're right, that would be super cool.

 

[Zetty]

Vandrousova finally being back and uninjured adds a dope player with a different type of game in the mix, love to see it.

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

sabalenka probably gets to the finals and chokes 3000 championship points away for the third slam in a row

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

I'm putting a hundred on Tatjana Maria.

 

[flyingboris]

Vondrousova finally being back and uninjured

Plus having just defeated Sabalenka 6-2 6-4 in Berlin. Hope she goes far again, she always seems to do well in odd years.

 

[tennis24x7]

sabalenka probably gets to the finals and chokes 3000 championship points away for the third slam in a row

If she comes to the finals she will win it.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

sabalenka probably gets to the finals and chokes 3000 championship points away for the third slam in a row

Can you get your facts straight for once?

Sabalenka has never had and choked a championship point in a slam final this year, let alone “3000”. She never held a championship point against Keys at the Aus Open and nor did she have any against Gauff at the French this year. Ditto for the US Open in 2023. Like seriously, every post of yours seems to be nonsense these days, can you please get it right? For our sake?

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

Can you get your facts straight for once?

Sabalenka has never had and choked a championship point in a slam final this year, let alone “3000”. She never held a championship point against Keys at the Aus Open and nor did she have any against Gauff at the French this year. Ditto for the US Open in 2023. Like seriously, every post of yours seems to be nonsense these days, can you please get it right? For our sake?

My bad.. Let me get the facts straight Very mentally tough player like the last multiple tournaments this year has showed.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

My bad.. Let me get the facts straight Very mentally tough player like the last multiple tournaments this year has showed.

Yeah, Sabalenka is the most consistent player this year by a country mile as shown by the race rankings. She's a very clear #1 by more than 2000 points over Gauff because Coco was out there losing 2R in Doha, 2R in Dubai, 4R in Indian Wells, 4R in Miami and in the QF at the Aus Open. Gauff gets results as we just saw last week losing her first match after winning a slam by losing to Xinyu Wang lol. Gauff joins the category of win a title, lose your next match. So good!

You just want to hate Sabalenka and embarrass yourself with lies saying she chokes championship points in slam finals when she doesn't. Seriously, get the facts straight.

 

[Grafil Injection]

Did I hear Andrew Castle correctly, when he just said Branstine hits with more FH spin rate than Nadal? I suppose it could be possible looking at the jump she is getting off a green grass court.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Some quick qualifying results:

16 year old Aussie Emerson Jones with a classic WTA scoreline of 6-1 0-6 6-0.

Another big winner today is Andreescu who easily beat Pigossi in straights.

 

[D-Lite]

Not sure what happened to Boisson. Wimbledon overlooking giving her a WC aside, she played no grass warm-up events in the lead up to qualies and got beaten by Branstine who has a W over Samsonova on grass this season

 

[Mark-Touch]

Not sure what happened to Boisson. Wimbledon overlooking giving her a WC aside, she played no grass warm-up events in the lead up to qualies and got beaten by Branstine who has a W over Samsonova on grass this season

Boisson had her 15 minutes of clay fame?

 

[Hood_Man]

If anyone in the UK with iPlayer wants to see a bit of late evening tennis, Jovic and Klimovicova look to be heading for a third set.

 

[tennis24x7]

Not sure what happened to Boisson. Wimbledon overlooking giving her a WC aside, she played no grass warm-up events in the lead up to qualies and got beaten by Branstine who has a W over Samsonova on grass this season

I had foreseen this before and said that this would happen.

 

[Hitman]

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

Yeah, Sabalenka is the most consistent player this year by a country mile as shown by the race rankings. She's a very clear #1 by more than 2000 points over Gauff because Coco was out there losing 2R in Doha, 2R in Dubai, 4R in Indian Wells, 4R in Miami and in the QF at the Aus Open. Gauff gets results as we just saw last week losing her first match after winning a slam by losing to Xinyu Wang lol. Gauff joins the category of win a title, lose your next match. So good!

You just want to hate Sabalenka and embarrass yourself with lies saying she chokes championship points in slam finals when she doesn't. Seriously, get the facts straight.

I dont care how consistent she is getting to the finals. She keeps choking them all away to far less players. She shouldn't be losing to Madison Keys at AO or Cocoa Gauff on clay. Come on!! Thats two blown slams in a row. She should be going for a calendar slam this year with the form Iga has been in. Not go 0-2 in slams

 

[Gizo]

It sounded like an entertaining contest between Jovic and Klimovicova. I'm relieved that Jovic won. I'm very much on board the bandwagon as a Jovic fan after I watched her in action at Ilkley a couple of weeks ago.

She clearly expected a wild card into the main draw, but hopefully she can make it through qualifying and this can be another positive part of her career learning curve and development.

 

[Tennis_dude101]

Why was Lois Boisson playing in the Wimbledon Qualies with a ranking of 65? Surely that is high enough for direct entry?

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Why was Lois Boisson playing in the Wimbledon Qualies with a ranking of 65? Surely that is high enough for direct entry?

Presumably, at the time the entrance list was made, her ranking was too low as it was pre-RG. Then she was outside the top 300 iirc.

 

[Grafil Injection]

If anyone in the UK with iPlayer wants to see a bit of late evening tennis, Jovic and Klimovicova look to be heading for a third set.

That was a lovely game. Jovic seems to have a very mature and positive attitude for a 17 year-old, and Klimovicova great shots too.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

When is the cut-off for US Open? I can't handle Bianca lost at qualies again.

Edit she breaks back

Edit2: Lost badly on 3rd

 

[ScottleeSV]

Boisson might turn out to be this year's Lulu Sun, ultimately. She had a tough draw though. Even if she'd won she would have played Andreescu in the next qualifying round.

 

[ScottleeSV]

I dont care how consistent she is getting to the finals. She keeps choking them all away to far less players. She shouldn't be losing to Madison Keys at AO or Cocoa Gauff on clay. Come on!! Thats two blown slams in a row. She should be going for a calendar slam this year with the form Iga has been in. Not go 0-2 in slams

20-18 in finals is a bit.. underwhelming for someone who just blitzes through draws so often. I think she has a nerves problem when it comes to final day.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Boisson might turn out to be this year's Lulu Sun, ultimately. She had a tough draw though. Even if she'd won she would have played Andreescu in the next qualifying round.

Is this a saved post? Both of them lost to Carson Branstine.

 

[ScottleeSV]

Is this a saved post? Both of them lost to Carson Branstine.

I don't get what you mean?

 

[Moose Malloy]

Mboko and Jovic, the 2 youngest players in the top 100, advance to the last round of qualies.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Mboko and Jovic, the 2 youngest players in the top 100, advance to the last round of qualies.

I'm excited about the prospects of both these players.
They tick most of the boxes for me. Very enjoyable to watch.

 

[tennis24x7]

When is the cut-off for US Open? I can't handle Bianca lost at qualies again.

Edit she breaks back

Edit2: Lost badly on 3rd

I have written her off. She will retire next year.

 

[tennis24x7]

Mboko and Jovic, the 2 youngest players in the top 100, advance to the last round of qualies.

I haven't watched Jovic but Mboko has a very bright future if she continues to play like she is.

 

[marc45]

AI Overview

Yes, the Wimbledon draw can be watched live. The draw ceremony for Wimbledon 2025 will be streamed live on wimbledon.com on Friday, June 27th, at 10 am local time (2:30 pm IST), according to Sportstar. Additionally, BBC channels (BBC One and BBC Two) and BBC iPlayer will also broadcast the draw, according to The Sun.

 

[Mark-Touch]

I have written her off. She will retire next year.

I also wrote her off a while back. She may not retire for a while still due to lucrative
sponsorship deals.

 

[Mark-Touch]

I haven't watched Jovic but Mboko has a very bright future if she continues to play like she is.

They both have great potential.
Hopefully Mboko will learn from her mistakes today.
Not capitalizing on 5 match points to make the 1st round is going to hurt for quite a while.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

I have written her off. She will retire next year.

It's a race between Bianca and Naomi to retire

 

[Mark-Touch]

It's a race between Bianca and Naomi to retire

These days first retirements are meaningless.
It's the second retirements that really carry weight (on the women's side).
If Cornet should retire again it would be time to sit up and take notice.

 

[Gizo]

So the qualifiers are:

Carson Branstine (beating Boisson and Andreescu in her first two matches)
Linda Fruhvirtova
Iva Jovic (I'm delighted about that - I thought she deserved a main draw wildcard)
Anastasia Zakharova (coming from 1-5 down in the 3rd set against Valentova)
Veronika Erjavec
Priscilla Hon (saving 5 match points before beating Mboko)
Taylor Townsend
Diane Parry
Zhang Shaui
Talia Gibson
Petra Martic (I'm also delighted about that as I think she's fun to watch)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Ella Seidel (beating the 2022 quarter-finalist Jule Niemeier en-route)
Nina Stojanovic
Elsa Jacquemot
Kaja Juvan (she now has a 3/3 record of successfully coming through qualifying at Wimbledon)

 

[marc45]

brutal draw for Iga again...Kostyuk in the 3rd just to get to Rybakina in the fourth

she earned it though

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

brutal draw for Iga again...Kostyuk in the 3rd just to get to Rybakina in the fourth

Kostyuk has been terrible though, Iga should advance to 4R. Low pressure might help her to overcome the hurdle.

 

[Gizo]

Last week's Berlin champion Vondrousova facing last week's Nottingham champion Kessler in the 1st round, immediately stands out.

 

[wang07]

Sabalenka is in trouble if Vondrousova and Keys make it to R3 and QF

Gauff finally got a tough draw, previous years were a joke. She has 11 main draw wins in Wimby; average ranking of her opponents.. 146

 

[marc45]

Kostyuk has been terrible though, Iga should advance to 4R. Low pressure might help her to overcome the hurdle.

she's certainly getting it done in Bad Homburg this week....into the finals

Rybakina will likely be too tough for her at Wimbledon though...we'll see

 

[Larry Duff]

Sabalenka has Harry Dart in her half of the draw.

 

[D-Lite]

Last week's Berlin champion Vondrousova facing last week's Nottingham champion Kessler in the 1st round, immediately stands out.

Agreed!
This is actually such an unfortunate draw.
Kessler winning Nottingham secured her a seeding of #32 at Wimbledon.
Xinyu's final appearance in Berlin saw her rise to #33 even though a few rounds earlier she was the one in the live rankings who was going to take that 32nd seed. Now she faces Muchova in R1 (unsure of her injury status too). Had she have won Berlin she would have been the 32nd seed and Kessler would have been unseeded alongside Vondrousova. This is just what happens with draws but it's a real shame these in-form players are drawing one another so early/facing tough opposition when there are so many dud first/second rounds coming up. Don't get me wrong it'll be exciting but I'd have liked to have seen all of them in the second week based on current form.
Of all their game styles I can only see Vondrousova troubling Sabalenka so I hope she makes it past Kessler and Raducanu (providing she wins R1).

 

[Winners or Errors]

Surprised there’s not a single lucky loser spot…

 

[Mark-Touch]

Just a few 1st round matches I'm looking forward to:

Sab-Branstine
Vondrous-Kessler
Badosa-Boulter
Danilovic-Zhang
Rakhi-Ito
Anisimova-Putin
Shnaider-Uchi
Tomljan-Pavly
Mirreeva-Sherif
Bronzetti-Teich
Thirsty-Baptiste
Potato-Fresh
Krej-Eala
Kvitova-Navarro
Muchova-Wang
Sonmez-Cristian
Jovic-Lamens
Alexandrova-Honey
Linette-Jacqui
Collins-Sosorry
Joint-Samson
Azarenka-Zak
Yastremska-Gauff

 

[tennis24x7]

It's a race between Bianca and Naomi to retire

I can give Naomi a pass, she became a mom.

 

[tennis24x7]

They both have great potential.
Hopefully Mboko will learn from her mistakes today.
Not capitalizing on 5 match points to make the 1st round is going to hurt for quite a while.

Oh yeah big time. But like you said she should learn, happens to the best of them.

 

[Moose Malloy]

I see 8 American women are seeded. I think that's the most since 2004(when there were also 8 seeds). in 2012 there were only 2 American women seeded(one was the champion that year - Serena)